Quote#Poetry
We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladies; we haven't all been…
Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Answering a toast, "To the Babies," at a banquet in honor of General U.S. Grant (November 14, 1879)..
English (original)
We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladies; we haven't all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
— Mark Twain
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