Famous quotes containing the words earl, mar and/or centuries:
“Thus, statesmanlike, I’ll saucily impose,
And safe from action, valiantly advise;
Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows,
And being good for nothing else, be wise.”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)
“There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always
comes to mar our joys.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler’s passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)