Famous quotes containing the words countess von, countess and/or von:
“Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty—excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable—should persist after the beauty was gone.”
—Mary A. [Elizabeth, Countess Von] Arnim (1866–1941)
“Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty—excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable—should persist after the beauty was gone.”
—Mary A. [Elizabeth, Countess Von] Arnim (1866–1941)
“Music at its best is not in need of novelty; indeed, the older it is, the more one is accustomed to it, the stronger its effect.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)