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 tell so readily, he knoweth well
    How ev’ry star by proper name to call?
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXLVII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)

    We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)