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)

    “Her fortune, too, lies there,
    Converted into cool hard steel
    And right red velvet lining;
    While over her tan impassivity
    Shot silk is shining.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “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)