Quote#World
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving…
Quote byO. Henry · 1862–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Vitagraphoscope" in Cabbages and Kings (1904).
English (original)
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
— O. Henry
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