Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947) America born English businessman
The Romance of Commerce (1918), Concerning Commerce
“Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.”
England's Trust, part iii, line 227, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Context: No: by the names inscribed in History's page,
Names that are England's noblest heritage,
Names that shall live for yet unnumbered years
Shrined in our hearts with Cressy and Poictiers;
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility." by John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland?
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland1
British politician 1818–1906Related quotes
“[W]ithout Commerce there is no wealth.”
Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947) America born English businessman
The Romance of Commerce (1918), Concerning Commerce
C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) Political leader
Rajagopalachari (12 February 1949), quoted in [Rajmohan Gandhi, Rajaji: A Life, http://books.google.com/books?id=JjPHeRd7_UYC&pg=PA475, 1997, Penguin Books India, 978-0-14-026967-3, 286]
Spoken by C.R when Mahatma Gandhi (Bapu) was assassinated.
“Let's grow old and die together. Let's do it now.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
The Waiting Song
Song lyrics
XXIV. 485–486 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
"An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind" is of indefinite origin, but has been disputably attributed to various figures, including Mahatma Gandhi. This variant describing it as an "old law" is attributed to King in The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., (2008) http://books.google.com/books?id=irMxJS36904C&redir_esc=y by Coretta Scott King, Second Edition ; it also occurs in the credits of Spike Lee's movie Do the Right Thing (1989). <br class="br">Disputed
“Let us leave tomorrow’s trouble for the One who bore our troubles on the cross.”
T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader
Encouraging The SCOAN congregation following the fulfillment of his prophecy about the death of Michael Jackson - "Prophet TB Joshua Predicted The Death Of Michael Jackson" http://www.africanews.com/site/PROPHET_TB_JOSHUA_PREDICTED_THE_DEATH_OF_MICHAEL_JACKSON/list_messages/25728 Africa News (June 29, 2009)