Forty Days

Famous quotes containing the words forty and/or days:

    “The language I have learnt these forty years,
    My native English, now I must forgo,
    And now my tongue’s use is to me no more
    Than an unstringèd viol or a harp.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The eighth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Eight maids a-milking,”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 43–45)