Quote#Wisdom
Barring drink and the girls, I ne'er heard of a sin –
Quote byJohn Gibson Lockhart · 1794–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn" (1842), line 19; cited from R. Shelton Mackenzie (ed.) The Fraserian Papers of the Late William Maginn (New York: Redfield, 1857) p. cviii..
English (original)
Barring drink and the girls, I ne'er heard of a sin – Many worse, better few, than bright, broken Maginn.
— John Gibson Lockhart
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