Quote#Wisdom
We met,—'twas in a crowd
Quote byThomas Haynes Bayly · 1797–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: We met, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Parodied by Thomas Hood: We met,—'twas in a mob..
English (original)
We met,—'twas in a crowd.
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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