Quote#God & Faith
Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir
Quote byGeorge Canning · 1770–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder..
English (original)
Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir.
— George Canning
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