Twelve Wild Disciples

Famous quotes containing the words twelve, wild and/or disciples:

    “At twelve I was determined to shoot only
    For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all;
    I know at thirty-three that one must shoot
    As often as one gets the rare chance—
    In killing there is more than commentary.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men’s beginning to redeem themselves.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)