Parson Kelly Quotes

“For the funds will fall and be the ruin of thousands, and when England is sunk into a salutary wretchedness and discontent, then our opportunity will come.”
― A.E.W. Mason, Parson Kelly

“Her character, Mr. Wogan, is a tender and delicate plant. It will not grow under glass, but in a dark room, where I believe it flourishes most invisibly.”
― A.E.W. Mason, Parson Kelly

“It is not in truth very difficult to befool a man who does half the fooling himself.”
― A.E.W. Mason, Parson Kelly

“A Whig is a sort of third sex by itself that combines all the failings of the other two.”
― A.E.W. Mason, Parson Kelly

“Just as great valorous deeds are the consequence of swords,' here he paused to snuff the candle with his fingers, 'so great philosophic thoughts are the consequence of pens.”
― A.E.W. Mason, Parson Kelly