Quote#World
Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no…
Quote byRonald Firbank · 1886–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Princess Zoubaroff, Act I, sc. iv (1920), cited from Steven Moore (ed.) Complete Plays (Normal, Ill.: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994) p. 55..
English (original)
Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish. Adrian: No? Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.
— Ronald Firbank
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