by benjamin disraeli, in vivian grey, 1826:
to
the best and greatest of men
i dedicate these volumes.
he for whom it was intended will accept and
appreciate the compliment;
those for whom it was not intended will –
do the same.
"Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay in our mother’s wombs, and then there would be nobody in the world but a great number of very fat, very irritated women." |
| ~ Lemony Snicket |