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Get into Parliament, make tiresome speeches; you will have great offers; do not accept them at first, then do: then make great provision for yourself and family, and then call yourself an independent country gentleman.

Hans Stanley

Get into Parliament, make tiresome speeches; you will have great offers; do not accept them at first, then do: then make great provision for yourself and family, and then call yourself an independent country gentleman.

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About Hans Stanley

Colonel Hans Stanley, PC (23 September 1721 – 12 January 1780) was a British politician, militia officer and diplomat who represented St Albans and Southampton in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1743 and 1780.