Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:
“The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect.”
—I.F. (Isidor Feinstein)
“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)
“By the road to the contagious hospital
under the surge of the blue
mottled clouds driven from the
northwesta cold wind.”
—William Carlos Williams (18831963)
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