Lost Colony

Famous quotes containing the words lost and/or colony:

“A lost inch of gold may be reclaimed, but never a lost inch of time.”
—Chinese proverb.

““Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)