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The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly…
Quote bySamuel Laman Blanchard · 1804–1845
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sketches from Life (1846), "That Old Birds are not to be Caught with Chaff"..
English (original)
The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an age so shallow as this, is to be won by an admiring glance at the brilliancy of his knee-buckle; praise his very pigtail, and you may lead him by it.
— Samuel Laman Blanchard
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