Quotation by Sir Philip Sidney

With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Defence of Poesie (written 1579-1580, published 1595).
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