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I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar

Quote byWilliam Congreve · 1670–1729

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Love for Love (1695), Act II, scene vii; comparable to: "Born in a cellar, and living in a garret", Samuel Foote, The Author, act 2; "Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred", Lord Byron, A Sketch.

English (original)

I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.

— William Congreve

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