Seventh Earl

Famous quotes containing the words seventh and/or earl:

“I don’t know.
When my lover
comes to me
and says such loving things,
do all my parts
become eyes
or ears?”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)

“There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest; but there is seldom one in which a man should tell all. Great skill is necessary to know how far to go, and where to stop.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)