‘Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad; and in trust I have found treason.’
‘Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad; and in trust I have found treason.’ Thus spake Elizabeth I, that font of pithy regal eloquence who learnt such worldly wisdom without buying or selling a single car.
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