Quote#Pride
Oft has it been my lot to mark
Quote byJames Merrick · 1720–1769
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Chameleon, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark.
— James Merrick
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