"I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar."
— William Congreve

January 1, 1970

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Act II, scene vii; comparable to: "Born in a cellar, and living in a garret", Samuel Foote, The Author, act 2; "Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred", Lord Byron, A Sketch