William Bolitho (William Bolitho Ryall) Quotes

Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich.

William Bolitho

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• Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich.

  

  William Bolitho
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