And then twelve of the bravest Geats Rode their horses around the tower, Telling their sorrow, telling stories Of their dead king and his greatness, his glory. -Beowulf, Burton Raffel translation
The first crewed lunar landing in 1969 was a historic triumph for the USA and humankind. Including the Apollo 11 mission, 12 men have walked on the Moon. -rmg.co.uk
One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. -Some old ass book idk
Dreiser’s embracing compassion is felt in Twelve Men (1919), a collection of portraits of men he knew and admired. [..] Without sentiment but with honest emotion and respect for the bleak and unvarnished truth, Dreiser recalls these anomalous individuals and the twists of fate that shaped their lives. -Richard Lehan
A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk. -James Joyce
