Quote#Truth
To tell you the truth although it would put £500 in my pockets to…
Quote byGeorge Stephenson · 1781–1848
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the directors of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1821 after seeing the rails being made by John Birkinshaw..
English (original)
To tell you the truth although it would put £500 in my pockets to specify my own patent rails, I cannot do so after the experience I have had.
— George Stephenson
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