Famous quotes containing the words mountain, railroad and/or history:
“The mountain pushed us off her knees.
And now her lap is full of trees.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
“We may pretend that we’re basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.”
—Terry Hands (b. 1941)
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