3rd Earl of Essex

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or essex:

    “A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.”
    —Harry Essex (b. 1910)