Let he who will make the laws if I may make the ballads

[tree_and_leaf]

This is rather splendid - a list of the quotations placed on one wall of the Scottish parliament. A nice mix of idealism and irony, indeed:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/holyrood/faq/answers/art006.htm

Comments

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

These are all rather splendid. And I'm nicking that bye-line about the ballads for my very own! Suddenly I feel validated. Thank you.

[greenwoodside.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing! Just yesterday, I read that the proverb 'say but little and say it well' was inscribed on the walls of the SPB, and wanted to find out what other the quotations were, so this is very timely.

Lunnon's ower far for stanes, even from my home in the north-west of England. A nuclear warhead might get there...