Mongolia Proper

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“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)

“‘Tis a queer life, and the only humour proper to it seems quiet astonishment. Others laugh, weep, sell, or proselyte. I admire.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)