12th Earl of Stair

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or stair:

    In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    Life stood on the top stair a moment
    Waved her last gray slander down the stair,
    I will not forget her absent eyes
    Her other smile like one rose
    Falling, falling everywhere....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)