Empty Hand

Famous quotes containing the words empty hand, empty and/or hand:

“With empty hands we come; empty handed we go.”
—Chinese proverb.

““Long for me the rick will wait,
And long will wait the fold,
And long will stand the empty plate,
And dinner will be cold.””
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

“ah! the uplifted sword
Of his hand again my bosom! and oh, the broad
Blade of his glance that asks me to applaud
His coming!”
—D.H. (David Herbert)