I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Bio: Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher was a British peer, architect and town-planner. He succeeded to his title on the death of his father in 1963.
