Han Dynasty Eunuch

Famous quotes containing the words han and/or eunuch:

    We all desiren, if it mighte be,
    To han husbandes hardy, wise, and free,
    And secret, and no niggard, ne no fool,
    Ne him that is aghast of every tool,
    Ne none avaunter, by that God above!
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    It kills me to be time’s eunuch and never to beget.
    Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)