Walter Montagu Douglas

Famous quotes containing the words walter, montagu and/or douglas:

    “Go, Soul, the body’s guest,
    Upon a thankless arrant:
    Fear not to touch the best;
    The truth shall be thy warrant:
    Go, since I needs must die,
    And give the world the lie.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “Let this great maxim be my virtue’s guide—In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    “I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)