Famous quotes containing the words grand, duke and/or henri:
“Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.”
—Anne Cassidy (20th century)
“I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.”
—Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)
“This mania of the mothers of the period, to be constantly in pursuit of a son-in-law.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)