Maria Edgeworth Quote

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.


Ormond (1817)


You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.