Baron Greene of Harrow Weald

Famous quotes containing the words baron, greene and/or harrow:

    “My lusts they do me leave,
    My fancies all be fled,
    And tract of time begins to weave
    Grey hairs upon my head.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “I have often noticed that a bribe ... has that effect—it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.”
    —Graham Greene (1904–1991)

    ““Who cares what they say? It’s a nice way to live,
    Just taking what Nature is willing to give,
    Not forcing her hand with harrow and plow.””
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)