Ancient Silk Road

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

    “The ancient saying is no heresy,
    Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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

    “As life runs on, the road grows strange
    With faces new,—and near the end
    The milestones into headstones change,
    ‘Neath every one a friend.”
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)