Famous quotes containing the words river and/or vale:
“It is impossible to step into the same river twice.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)
“Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)