Quote#Poetry
It is a better and a wiser thing to be a starved apothecary than a…
Quote byJohn Gibson Lockhart · 1794–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, August 1818, p. 524..
English (original)
It is a better and a wiser thing to be a starved apothecary than a starved poet; so back to the shop Mr. John, back to "plasters, pills, and ointment boxes," &c. But, for Heaven's sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.
— John Gibson Lockhart
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