4th Earl of St Germans

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or germans:

    In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail through lack of them? After all, it’s only barbarians who wear uncut precious stones.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.
    Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)