Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or earls:
“I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“If the Christ were content with humble toilers for disciples, that wasn’t good enough for our Bert. He wanted dukes’ half sisters and belted earls wiping his feet with their hair; grand apotheosis of the snob, to humiliate the objects of his own awe by making them venerate him.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)