Famous quotes containing the word lords:
“From scenes like these old Scotias grandeur springs,
That makes her loved at home, revered abroad;
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest mans the noblest work of God!”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
“The twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-leaping.”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 8991)
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