Famous quotes containing the words slide, mountain and/or ocean:
“George Shears ... was hanged in a barn near the store. The rope was thrown over a beam, and he was asked to walk up a ladder to save the trouble of preparing a drop for him. Gentlemen, he said, I am not used to this business. Shall I jump off or slide off? He was told to jump.”
—For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
—Thomas Campbell (17771844)
“A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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