Jute Fibres

Famous quotes containing the words jute and/or fibres:

    O Lord! What wonderful power you have!
    We sowed jute and millet sprouted.
    Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

    Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)