Jane Austen — "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must …"
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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From 'Northanger Abbey'. Spoken by Henry Tilney.
Date: 1817 (published posthumously, written earlier)
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