3rd Earl of Essex

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or essex:

    If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    The unknown always seems unbelievable, Lucas.
    —Harry Essex (b. 1910)