Sister Grand Duchess

Famous quotes containing the words sister, grand and/or duchess:

“Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“As in an icicle the agnostic abides alone. The vital principle is taken out of all endeavor for improving himself or bettering his fellows. All hope in the grand possibilities of life are blasted.”
—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)

“That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)