As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me, the...

Quote by Margaret Oliphant about joke, home, things

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As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me, the worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort, to have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

Margaret Oliphant
Quote by Margaret Oliphant about joke, home, things.
Margaret Oliphant

Margaret Oliphant 1828 - 1897, scottish novelist

Life period: 1828 - 1897
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