Cross Country

Famous quotes containing the words cross and/or country:

“In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)

“City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)