Spanish Nobleman

Famous quotes containing the words spanish nobleman, spanish and/or nobleman:

    I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
    Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

    How can I, that girl standing there,
    My attention fix
    On Roman or on Russian
    Or on Spanish politics?
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)