Sir John Vanbrugh

Famous quotes containing the words sir, john and/or vanbrugh:

    “Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
    It’s fiftie fadom deip,
    And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
    Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
    —Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 41–44)

    “Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John.””
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 108)

    “You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.”
    —John Vanbrugh (1663–1726)