4th Earl Spencer

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or spencer:

    Farewell, woman! I intend
    Henceforth every night to sit
    With my lewd, well-natured friend,
    Drinking to engender wit.
    John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

    The Republican form of government is the highest form of government; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature—a type nowhere at present existing.
    —Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)