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William Maginn Quotes

1794–1842 Ireland

William Maginn (10 July 1794 – 21 August 1842) was an Irish journalist and writer.

Ireland
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Novelists

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Whenever you see a book frequently advertised, you may be pretty sure it is a bad one. If you see a puff quoted in the advertisement, you may be quite sure.

In general, in-door prospects are the best. What purling brook matches the music of my gurgling bottle? What is an old roofless cathedral compared to a well-built pie?

If prudes were as pure as they would have us believe, they would not rail so bitterly as they do. We do not thoroughly hate that which we do not thoroughly understand.

Never wear a coat with a velvet collar.

Every popular preacher is a goose.

Claret should always be decanted.

The best of all pies is a grouse-pie.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Maginn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.