Middle Holsten Gate

Famous quotes containing the words middle and/or gate:

    “On the Coast of Coromandel
    Where the early pumpkins blow,
    In the middle of the woods
    Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
    Two old chairs, and half a candle,—
    One old jug without a handle,—
    These were all his worldly goods:
    In the middle of the woods,”
    —Edward Lear (1812–1888)

    “Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)