Quote#Children
There's nobody in the world I'd sooner oblige than you and this young…
Quote byKenneth Grahame · 1859–1932
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Reluctant Dragon, The dragon to St. George..
English (original)
There's nobody in the world I'd sooner oblige than you and this young gentleman here. But the whole thing's nonsense, and conventionality, and popular thick-headedness. There's absolutely nothing to fight about, from beginning to end. And anyhow I'm not going to, so that settles it!
— Kenneth Grahame
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