Quote#Beauty
You see Georgy’s the beauty and Carry’s the wit, and I ought to be…
Quote byHelen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye · 1807–1867
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To Benjamin Disraeli at a dinner, comparing herself to her younger sisters Caroline Norton and Georgiana Seymour, as quoted in a letter to his sister, Sarah (14 Feb 1833).
English (original)
You see Georgy’s the beauty and Carry’s the wit, and I ought to be the good one, but then I am such a liar.
— Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye
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