Grand Duke Frederick

Famous quotes containing the words grand, duke and/or frederick:

“This we take it is the grand characteristic of our age. By our skill in Mechanism, it has come to pass, that in the management of external things we excel all other ages; while in whatever respects the pure moral nature, in true dignity of soul and character, we are perhaps inferior to most civilised ages.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“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)

“For should your hands drop white and empty
All the toys of the world would break.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)