# Quote — T. H. White, Mistress Masham's Repose

> He (the Professor) was a failure but did his best to hide it. One of his failings was that he could barely write, except in a twelfth century hand, in Latin, with abbreviations.

- Author: [T. H. White](https://www.leafyquotes.com/t-h-white.md)
- Book: [Mistress Masham's Repose](https://www.leafyquotes.com/t-h-white/mistress-mashams-repose.md)
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## More from this book

> And shall the Schoolmen die?
>
> And shall the Schoolmen die?
>
> Five hundred men of Lilliput
>
> Will know the reason why.

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> She (Maria) lived in an enormous house in the wilds of Northamptonshire, which was about four times longer than Buckingham Palace, but was falling down.

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> A Humble PRESENT to Our Female MOUNTAIN + From the CITIZENS + BOROUGH of LILLIPUT in EXILE

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