Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Famous quotes containing the words baron, brooke and/or mandeville:

    “Generosity is a part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this Government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it wherever a simple explanation of stupidity will suffice.”
    —Lever Leslie, Baron (1905–1977)

    “Mud unto mud!—Death eddies near—
    Not here the appointed End, not here!
    But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
    Is wetter water, slimier slime!”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “One good Man may take another’s Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will ever be precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.”
    —Bernard De Mandeville (1670–1733)