Duke of Clarence and Avondale

Famous quotes containing the words duke of, duke and/or clarence:

    “When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship’s crew, “now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “I hate the whole race.... There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.”
    —Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

    “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
    —Richard Sherman, songwriter, Robert Sherman, songwriter, and Clarence Brown. A Spoonful of Sugar (song)