Charles Caleb Colton Quote

Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a good one, because he could immediately make double that sum by means of it.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)


Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a...

Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a...

Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a...

Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a...