Excepted Hereditary Peer

Famous quotes containing the words excepted, hereditary and/or peer:

    “He is the only man of Italy,
    Always excepted my dear Claudio.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “We bring [to government] no hereditary status or gift of infallibility and none follows us from this place.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

    “All nature is a temple where the alive
    Pillars breathe often a tremor of mixed words;
    Man wanders in a forest of accords
    That peer familiarly from each ogive.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)