Lord Sandwich: “Wilkes, you will die of a pox or the gallows.”
John Wilkes: “That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship’s mistress or your lordship’s principles.”
Lord Sandwich: “Wilkes, you will die of a pox or the gallows.”
John Wilkes: “That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship’s mistress or your lordship’s principles.”
Ooh. Scathing AND hilarious. The best kind of quote!
I wish I could be that icily articulate when I need a bitchy jujitsu-esque comeback to some nitwit.