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)
“We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.”
—Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)
“Since we are assured that the all-wise Creator has observed the most exact proportions of number, weight and measure in the make of all things, the most likely way therefore to get any insight into the nature of those parts of the Creation which come within our observation must in all reason be to number, weigh and measure.”
—Stephen Hales (1677–1761)