Quote#Wisdom
'Untin' fills my thoughts by day, and many a good run I have in my…
Quote byRobert Smith Surtees · 1805–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Handley Cross (1843), Ch. 11.
English (original)
'Untin' fills my thoughts by day, and many a good run I have in my sleep. Many a dig in the ribs I gives Mrs. J. when I think they're runnin' into the warmint…No man is fit to be called a sportsman wot doesn't kick his wife out of bed on a haverage once in three weeks!
— Robert Smith Surtees
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