Duchess of Wellington

Famous quotes containing the words duchess of, duchess and/or wellington:

“Duchess of York. Good madam, be not angry with the child.
Queen Elizabeth. Pitchers have ears.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

““If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

“Something is about to happen. Leaves are still.
Two shores away, a man hammering in the sky.
Perhaps he will fall.”
—Alfred Wellington Purdy (b. 1919)