Famous quotes containing the words grand, duke and/or henri:
“I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)
“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)
“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)