1st Earl of Ypres

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or ypres:

“Smooth your way to the head, through the heart. The way of reason is a good one; but it is commonly something longer, and perhaps not so sure.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“A good wif was ther ofbiside bathe,
But she was somde, deef, and that was scathe.
Of clooth makyng the hadde swich an haunt,
She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)