Sir John Vanbrugh

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

    “The big blue eyes are shut which saw wrong clothing
    And favourite fields and coverts from a horse;”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “‘Shall we fight or shall we fly?
    Good Sir Richard, tell us now,
    For to fight is but to die!”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.”
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 6:8.

    “You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.”
    —John Vanbrugh (1663–1726)