Quote#Nature
Give but an Englishman his whore and ease
Quote byThomas Otway · 1652–1685
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Venice Preserv'd (1682), Act ii. Sc. 3..
English (original)
Give but an Englishman his whore and ease, Beef and a sea-coal fire, he's yours forever.
— Thomas Otway
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