Quote#Speech
Samuel Warren, though able, yet vainest of men, Could he guide with…
Quote byGeorge Rose · 1782–1873
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: English Epigrams, On Samuel Warren, Author of Ten Thousand a Year, Now and Then, and other Novels".
English (original)
Samuel Warren, though able, yet vainest of men, Could he guide with discretion his tongue and his pen, His course would be clear for—"Ten Thousand a Year," But limited else to a brief—"Now and Then."
— George Rose
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