They loved him, I think, because, with all his merits, he showed them to be rich: looking at his portraits, they understood at last how rich they really were. (Osbert Sitwell)

They loved him, I think, because, with all his merits, he showed them to be rich: looking at his portraits, they understood at last how rich they really were.

Osbert Sitwell

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