Ancient Silk Road

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

“There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall
She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens,
And she is dying piecemeal
of a sort of emotional anemia.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.”
—William Jones (1746–1794)