Quote#Wisdom
Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober…
Quote byHenry Fielding · 1707–1754
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Don Quixote in England (1731), Act III, scene xiv.
English (original)
Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.
— Henry Fielding
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