Twenty Thousand Leagues

Famous quotes containing the words twenty, thousand and/or leagues:

“There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A man who has that presence of mind which can bring to him on the instant all he knows, is worth for action a dozen men who know as much, but can only bring it to light slowly.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Good news about someone never gets past the door, but bad news will travel a thousand leagues away.”
—Chinese proverb.