Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:
“The ancient saying is no heresy,
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A single strand of silk does not make a thread, nor a single tree a forest.”
—Chinese proverb.
“There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony; that is, of course, provided that the aspirant declines the slow course of honest work.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
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