Thin White Duke

Famous quotes containing the words thin, white and/or duke:

    “Great Wits are sure to Madness near alli’d
    And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide;
    Else, why should he, with Wealth and Honour blest,
    Refuse his Age the needful hours of Rest?”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “It was at the time, the place, of nougats.
    There the dogwoods, the white ones and the pink ones,
    Bloomed in sheets, as they bloom, and the girl,
    A pink girl took a white dog walking.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “That very knowing,
    Overflowing,
    Easygoing
    Paladin,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)