Longest River

Famous quotes containing the words longest and/or river:

“The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of the globe reach even to us here, as to more distant dwellers on its banks; many a poet’s stream, floating the helms and shields of heroes on its bosom.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)