1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset

Famous quotes containing the words duke, richmond and/or somerset:

    “We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.”
    —Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

    ““Trams and dusty trees.
    Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew
    Undid me. By Richmond I raised my knees
    Supine on the floor of a narrow canoe.””
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.”
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)