Quote#Poetry
Poetry’s a mere drug, Sir
Quote byGeorge Farquhar · 1677–1707
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Love and a Bottle (1698), Act iii, Sc. 2..
English (original)
Poetry’s a mere drug, Sir.
— George Farquhar
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