Famous quotes containing the words baron and/or nairne:
“People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.”
—Kenneth MacKenzie Clark, Baron of Saltwood (1903–1983)
“We’ll meet and ay be fain
In the land o’ the leal.”
—Carolina Oliphant, Barone Nairne (1766–1845)