Quote#Wisdom
Lawyers have never been popular. It will be remembered that although…
Quote bySidney Dark · 1872–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (176 pages; 55 illustrations; book written by Sidney Dark to accompany drawings of London done in 1908 by ; 1st edition 1936).
English (original)
Lawyers have never been popular. It will be remembered that although there is at least one lawyer in most of the Dickens novels, few of them are drawn as attractive personalities.
— Sidney Dark
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