Twelve

Famous quotes containing the word twelve:

“Are twelve wise men more wise than one? or will twelve fools, put together, make one sage? Are twelve honest men more honest than one?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking back who has been splitting firewood nonstop for the last twelve hours on a subzero day in Manitoba.”
—Julia Child (b. 1912)

“The fourth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Four colly birds,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 13–15)