Sir John Charles

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir and/or charles:

    “Thus while I sit and sigh the day
    With all his borrow’d lights away,
    Till night’s black wings do overtake me,
    Thinking on thee, thy beauties then,
    As sudden lights do sleepy men,
    So they by their bright rays awake me.”
    —Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

    “When the critics come around it’s always too late.”
    —Sidney, Sir Nolan (1917–1992)

    “When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandora’s box. “What! all!” said the Prince. “Yes, all.” “No,” said the Prince; “curiosity must have been without.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)