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Prologues like compliments are loss of time
Quote byDavid Garrick · 1717–1779
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prologue to Crisp’s Tragedy of Virginia..
English (original)
Prologues like compliments are loss of time; ’T is penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
— David Garrick
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