Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or major:
“A man of fashion never has recourse to proverbs, and vulgar aphorisms; uses neither favourite words nor hard words, but takes great care to speak very correctly and grammatically, and to pronounce properly; that is, according to the usage of the best companies.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
—John Major (b. 1943)