Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Famous quotes containing the words duke of, duke and/or kent:

    “That celebrated,
    Cultivated
    Underrated
    Nobleman,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.”
    —Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

    “Main Street was never the same. I read Gide and tried to
    translate Proust. Now nothing is real except French wine.
    For absurdity is reality, my loneliness unreal, my mind tired.
    And I shall die an old Parisian.”
    —Conrad Kent Rivers (1933–1968)