Ancient Silk Road

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:

“How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.”
—Olympia Brown (1835–1900)

“A single strand of silk does not make a thread, nor a single tree a forest.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)