Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds,
And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words.
It's crusts that feed the virtuous, it's cake that comforts sinners,
But writers live on bread and praise at Literary Dinners.


A Pocketful of Wry (1940)

Phyllis McGinley Quotes

Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. It's crusts that feed the virtuous,...

Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. It's crusts that feed the virtuous,...

Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. It's crusts that feed the virtuous,...

Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. It's crusts that feed the virtuous,...