peerage quotes

   I lovethe House of Commonsso passionately that were I to be offered a peerage, I should be tempted to refuse it. Only tempted, of course.

-Channon, Sir Henry
Attributed.

You should study the Peerage,Gerald† It is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.

-Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills
  Lord Illingworth. AWoman of No Importance, act 3.

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