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Why, I'll swear I see no difference between a country gentleman and a…
Quote byHorace Walpole · 1717–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to John Chute, from Houghton, 20 Aug. 1743, p. 265, The Letter of Horace Walpole, ed. P. Cunnighham, vol. 1.
English (original)
Why, I'll swear I see no difference between a country gentleman and a sirloin; whenever the first laughs, or the latter is cut, there run out just the same streams of gravy! ... Oh! my dear Sir, don't you find that nine parts in ten of the world are of no use but to make you wish yourself with that tenth part? ...
— Horace Walpole
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