Quote#Wisdom
Praise the bridge that carried you over
Quote byGeorge Colman the Younger · 1762–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1797), act I, sc. i.
English (original)
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
— George Colman the Younger
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