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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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The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought
forth a mouse.

The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought
forth a mouse.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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What is the voice of strange command
Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
With love that read more

What is the voice of strange command
Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
With love that cannot brook delay,
To rise and follow the ways that wend
Over the hills and far away.

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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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And o'er the hills and far away,
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
Beyond the night, across the read more

And o'er the hills and far away,
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
Beyond the night, across the day,
Thro' all the world she followed him.

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Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,
and from Ossa hurled Pelion.

Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,
and from Ossa hurled Pelion.

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Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for read more

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

by Edmund Hillary Found in: Mountains Quotes,
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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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Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

by Oliver Goldsmith 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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