Quote#Money & Wealth
After he had gone over the mansion, his entertainer asked him what he…
Quote byJohn Henry Newman · 1801–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851), Lecture I, p. 4..
English (original)
After he had gone over the mansion, his entertainer asked him what he thought of the splendours it contained; and he in reply did full justice to the riches of its owner and the skill of its decorators, but he added, "Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists."
— John Henry Newman
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