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[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would…

Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From James Boswell's Life of Johnson (1791), April 27, 1773..

English (original)

[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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