Ancient Silk Road

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

    For who shall defile the temples of the ancient gods, a cruel and violent death shall be his fate, and never shall his soul find rest unto eternity. Such is the curse of Amon-Ra, king of all the gods.
    Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (1905–1983)

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

    Down the road someone is practicing scales,
    The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails,
    Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)