Famous quotes containing the words missouri, history and/or century:
“The traveller on the prarie is naturally a hunter, on the head waters of the Missouri and Columbia a trapper, and at the Falls of St. Mary a fisherman.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)