Quote#World
The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs
Quote byAlexander Woollcott · 1887–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On actors and prostitutes, from his column, as republished in Shouts and Murmurs: Echoes of a Thousand and One First Nights (1922), p. 57..
English (original)
The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.
— Alexander Woollcott
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