Edge Inscription

Famous quotes containing the words edge and/or inscription:

“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)

“The oft-repeated Roman story is written in still legible characters in every quarter of the Old World, and but today, perchance, a new coin is dug up whose inscription repeats and confirms their fame. Some “Judæa Capta,” with a woman mourning under a palm tree, with silent argument and demonstration confirms the pages of history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)