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I hold you six to four I love you with all my heart, if I would bet with other people I'm sure I could get ten to one.

—Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

—Tennyson

'Forward, the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismayed? Not though the soldier knew In Memoriam A.H.H. Some one had blundered: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered.

—Tennyson

Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.

—Tennyson

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

—Bible (NewTestament)

'Whoever has opened the window has opened it too wide,'said Miss Brodie.'Six inches isperfectlyadequate. More is vulgar.'

—Spark, Dame Muriel Sarah ne¤  e  Camberg

Six percent unemployment only looks good from the vantage point of the other 94 percent.

—Passell, Peter

   One Christmas was much like another† I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.

—Thomas, Dylan Marlais