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"And they say romance is dead." But historically, who said romance is dead, or where does the phrase originate?

Question #94896. Asked by billythebrit.

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"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."

-Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/some_say_that_the_age_of_chivalry_is_past-that/260535.html

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Apr 24 2008, 2:06 AM

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