Famous quotes containing the words noble and/or lords:
“Heaven grant him now some noble nook,
For, rest his soul! hed rather be
Genteelly damnd beside a Duke,
Than savd in vulgar company.”
—Thomas Moore (17791852)
“[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)
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