Quote#Wisdom
You see around you the old masters. They were called masters, as you…
Quote byHenry Savile Clarke · 1841–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hugger-Mugger.
English (original)
You see around you the old masters. They were called masters, as you are doubtless aware, because they taught drawing; the epithet old was applied on account of the general leeriness of their dispositions.
— Henry Savile Clarke
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