Quote#Wisdom
I think I could eat one of Bellamy's mutton pies
Quote byWilliam Pitt the Younger · 1759–1806
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Also "I think I could eat one of Bellamy's meat pies." Both in Rosebery, Pitt. Rosebery wrote that this story was related to him by Disraeli, who heard it as a young member of Parliament by a "grim old waiter of prehistoric reputation, who was supposed to possess a secret treasure of political tradi.
English (original)
I think I could eat one of Bellamy's mutton pies.
— William Pitt the Younger
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