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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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