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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4217 David Garrik 1717-1779 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4217
AUTHOR:David Garrick (1717–1779)
QUOTATION:Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
’T is penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
ATTRIBUTION:Prologue to Crisp’s Tragedy of Virginia.