William Hazlitt quote: One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than...

One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.

William Hazlitt

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"Shakespeare Jest Books, Conceits, Clinches, Flashes and Whimzies", No. 86, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 705-06, 1922.

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One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world. - William Hazlitt

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