Duke Died

Famous quotes containing the words duke and/or died:

“I hate the whole race.... There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.”
—Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

“He was laughing when your father found him. He died laughing—in a strait-jacket.”
—John L. Balderston (1899–1954)