Quote#Wisdom
Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?
Quote byThomas Middleton · 1580–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Family of Love (co-written with Thomas Dekker, 1602-7), Act v. Sc. 3..
English (original)
Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?
— Thomas Middleton
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