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)

“The grand style arises when beauty wins a victory over the monstrous.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)