Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

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

    “Sleep, and forget all things but one,
    Heard in each wave of sea,—
    How lonely all the years will run
    Until I rest by thee.”
    —John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley (1835–1895)

    “The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,
    Desire illimitable, and still content,
    And all dear names men use, to cheat despair,”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.”
    —Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)