Sir William Keith

Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or keith:

    “My family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Thou didst create the night, but I made the lamp.
    Thou didst create clay, but I made the cup.
    Thou didst create the deserts, mountains and forests,
    I produced the orchards, gardens and groves.
    It is I who made the glass out of stone,
    And it is I who turn a poison into an antidote.”
    —Muhammad, Sir Iqbal (1873–1938)

    “Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)