1st Earl of Cork

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or cork:

“Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“Now who could take you off to tiny life
In one room or in two rooms or in three
And cork you smartly, like the flask of wine
You are? Not any woman. Not a wife.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)