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Two Miltons in separate ages were born: The cleverer Milton 'tis…
Quote byTheodore Hook · 1788–1841
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: English Epigrams, "On a Livery-Stable Keeper, called Milton".
English (original)
Two Miltons in separate ages were born: The cleverer Milton 'tis clear we have got, Though the other had talents the world to adorn, This lives by his mews, which the other could not!
— Theodore Hook
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