Marble Falls

Famous quotes containing the words marble and/or falls:

“Interred beneath this marble stone
Lie Saunt’ring Jack and Idle Joan.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

“It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)