17th Earl of Oxford

Famous quotes containing the words earl of oxford, earl and/or oxford:

“Were I a king, I could command content;
Were I obscure, hidden should be my cares;”
—Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604)

“I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God recognizes I will do this and forgives me.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.”
—Robertson Davies (b. 1913)