Twelve Trials

Famous quotes containing the words twelve and/or trials:

    “Denouement to denouement, he took a personal pride in the
    certain, certain way he lived his own, private life,
    but nevertheless, they shut off his gas; nevertheless,
    the bank foreclosed; nevertheless, the landlord called;
    nevertheless, the radio broke,

    And twelve o’clock arrived just once too often,”
    —Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961)

    “All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)