Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or stair:
“Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Being mocked by Guido for his lecherous life,
Derided and deriding, driven out
To climb that stair and eat that bitter bread,
He found the unpersuadable justice, he found
The most exalted lady loved by a man.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)