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

    “That very knowing,
    Overflowing,
    Easygoing
    Paladin,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier: the manners and habits of a duke would cost a city clerk his situation.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.”
    —George Berkeley (1685–1753)