Carolina QuotesHistory is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
O. Henry Carolinian
Source
"Next to Reading Matter"
- work
- Roads of Destiny (1909)
- year
- 1909
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“History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have …” O. Henry. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-579B9A2D09. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/579b9a2d09
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