Famous quotes containing the word tenth:
“The tenth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Ten pipers piping,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 64–66)
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:17.
The tenth commandment.
“You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; maybe you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)