Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, "I predict, Sir,
that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease". Disraeli
replied, "That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or
your mistress."
-- [actually, it was John Wilkes and some nameless MP, a generation or
-- two ahead of Gladstone and Disraeli. -- grs]
Quote #184
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of the pox !
"That, my Lord, depends on whether I embrace your principles or your
mistress"
-- -- John Wilkes to The Earl of Sandwich, Parliament, November 1763
Now that's so much of a classic I am near-ashamed to include it in here....
