Twelve

Famous quotes containing the word twelve:

“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)

“The first day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 1–3)

“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)