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    I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants,
    that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of
    Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus.

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Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.

Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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Because it's there.

Because it's there.

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Well, we knocked the bastard off!

Well, we knocked the bastard off!

by Edmund Hillary Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
[Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]

To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
[Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]

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Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.

Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.

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Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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Over the hills and o'er the main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
Queen Anne commands and we'll read more

Over the hills and o'er the main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,
Over the hills and far away.

by Old Song Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.

Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.

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Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

by John Ruskin Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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