“Is it not astonishing that the price generally put upon any article by the world is that which the owner puts on it?—and that this is specially true of a man's own self?”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
“What could she do with a man who had no ideas of his own as to what he ought to do with himself?”
― The Palliser Novels: Complete Series - All 6 Books in One Edition: Enriched edition. Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister & The Duke's Children
― The Palliser Novels: Complete Series - All 6 Books in One Edition: Enriched edition. Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister & The Duke's Children
“I doubt whether an old man should ever live in England if he can help it.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
“A woman who is alone in the world is ever regarded with suspicion.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
“Matrimony never seemed to me to be very charming, and upon my word it does not become more alluring by what I find at Loughlinter.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
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