1st Earl of Mansfield

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or mansfield:

    The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    It’s a terrible thing to be alone—yes it is—it is—but don’t lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath—as terrible as you like—but a mask.
    —Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)