Famous quotes containing the words darkling and/or lords:
“... that darkling brightness which falls from the stars.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)