Quote#Wisdom
I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first
Quote byGeorge Canning · 1770–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder..
English (original)
I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first.
— George Canning
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