1st Earl of Mansfield

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or mansfield:

    Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    Were we positive, eager, real—alive? No, we were not. We were a nothingness shot with gleams of what might be.
    —Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)