Making a sow’s ear from a silk purse
“Egad sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox.”
“That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.”
The wit and intelligence has leached out of political debate since the days of John Wilkes and the Earl of Sandwich, to the point where discourse between our betters shows nothing but contempt for the electorate.
From floating bon mots to flinging faeces in just 200 years.
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Posted on March 29th, 2005 at 10:12 am
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