Richard Cromwell/later Years 1659-1712

Famous quotes containing the words richard, cromwell and/or years:

    “If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives,
    Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane;
    For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves.
    The sentence of thy early death contain.”
    —Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666)

    “A few honest men are better than numbers.”
    —Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

    “Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.”
    —Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)