Famous quotes containing the words camel and/or crickets:
“Ask a wise man to dinner and he’ll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you’ll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people’s entertainment.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“He that hung upon the Torturing Tree
Heard all the crickets singing, and was glad.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)