Countess Von

Famous quotes containing the words countess von, countess and/or von:

    “Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty—excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable—should persist after the beauty was gone.”
    —Mary A. [Elizabeth, Countess Von] Arnim (1866–1941)

    “And call ye this to utter what is just,
    You that of justice hold the sov’reign throne?
    And call ye this to yield, O sons of dust,
    To wronged brethren ev’ry man his own?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)

    “Legislators or revolutionaries who promise equality coupled with freedom are either phantasts or charlatans.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)