Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or lords:
“And a dark shift within the bone
Brings him the end he could not find.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)