M. E. W. Sherwood Quote

It is better to pay court to a queen... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I believe that a habit of respect is good for the human race.


An Epistle to Posterity: Being Rambling Recollections of Many Years of My Life (ed. 1897)


It is better to pay court to a queen... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I...

It is better to pay court to a queen... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I...

It is better to pay court to a queen... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I...

It is better to pay court to a queen... than to worship, as we too often do, some unworthy person whose wealth is his sole passport into society. I...