Base Twelve

Famous quotes containing the words base and/or twelve:

    They must to keep their certainty accuse
    All that are different of a base intent;
    Pull down established honour; hawk for news
    Whatever their loose phantasy invent
    And murmur it with bated breath....
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
    “Now they are all on their knees,”
    Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)