To Play the King Quotes

“Morality, Sir, is the monologue of the unexcited and the unexcitable, the revenge of the unsuccessful, the punishment of those who tried and failed, or who never had the courage to try at all.”
― Michael Dobbs, To Play the King

“Loyalty is like the Doctrine of Celibacy—easy to proclaim but damned difficult to live by.”
― Michael Dobbs, To Play the King

“I’m an Englishman, after all,”
― Michael Dobbs, To Play the King: The captivating political thriller

“silk handkerchief that erupted out of the breast pocket, an affectation he had adopted to distance himself from the Westminster hordes in their banal Christmas-stocking ties and Marks & Spencer suits.”
― Michael Dobbs, To Play the King