Gunpowder Falls

Famous quotes containing the words gunpowder and/or falls:

“Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are not small that the rocket will simply run amuck among friends and foes.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

“Forgive the song that falls so low,
beneath the gratitude I owe.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)