Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Famous quotes containing the words baron, brooke and/or mandeville:

    “My hand and pen are not in plight,
    As they have been of yore.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,
    Desire illimitable, and still content,
    And all dear names men use, to cheat despair,”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don’t resent them, you are not fit to live.”
    —Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)