Quote#Wisdom
A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute…
Quote bySamuel Wilberforce · 1805–1873
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted in Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898), p. 74.
English (original)
A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders.
— Samuel Wilberforce
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