Gordon

Famous quotes containing the word gordon:

“What men call gallantry, and gods adultery,
Is much more common where the climate’s sultry.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“There now are no Squire Westerns as of old;
And our Sophias are not so emphatic,
But fair as then, or fairer to behold.
We have no accomplish’d blackguards, like Tom Jones,
But gentlemen in stays, as stiff as stones.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“I would rather ... have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)