Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or buchan:
“Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Civilization is a conspiracy.... Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.”
—John Buchan (1875–1940)