Twelve

Famous quotes containing the word twelve:

“Are twelve wise men more wise than one? or will twelve fools, put together, make one sage? Are twelve honest men more honest than one?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“A whole village-full of sensuous emotion, scattered abroad all the year long, surged here in a focus for an hour. The forty hearts of those waving couples were beating as they had not done since, twelve months before, they had come together in similar jollity. For the time Paganism was revived in their hearts, the pride of life was all in all, and they adored none other than themselves.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

“The ninth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Nine drummers drumming,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 53–55)