Ancient Silk Road

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

    Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show,
    Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row
    Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold;
    Thou hast no lantern whereof tales are told,
    Or stair, or courts; but stand’st an ancient pile,
    Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

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

    The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
    William Blake (1757–1827)