Quote#Desire
I do not wish to shake titles, and I shall do precisely what our…
Quote byNathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley · 1828–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In re Lashmar (1890), L. J. Rep. (N S.) 60 Ch. 146..
English (original)
I do not wish to shake titles, and I shall do precisely what our predecessors have always done—leave the case where it is. It is a rock ahead that everybody knows.
— Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley
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