Single Figure

Famous quotes containing the words single and/or figure:

“A single strand of silk does not make a thread, nor a single tree a forest.”
—Chinese proverb.

“When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States
His laughter tinkled among the teacups.
I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the birch-trees,
And of Priapus in the shrubbery
Gaping at the lady in the swing.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)