Cradle Cannon

Famous quotes containing the words cradle and/or cannon:

“From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one—to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!
The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)