Mount Pleasant Road

Famous quotes containing the words mount, pleasant and/or road:

“Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.”
—Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

“But, where the road runs near the stream,
Oft through the trees they catch a glance
Of passing troops in the sun’s beam—
Pennon, and plume, and flashing lance!
Forth to the world those soldiers fare,
To life, to cities, and to war!”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)