Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself justice.


On Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, as quoted in Victorian England : Aspects of English and Imperial History, 1837-1901 (1973) by Lewis Charles Bernard Seaman, p. 108

Florence Nightingale Quotes

Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself...

Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself...

Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself...

Though he made a joke when asked to do the right thing, he always did it. He was so much more in earnest than he appeared. He did not do himself...