Thatched Hut Hand

Famous quotes containing the words thatched, hut and/or hand:

“Gold or silver mansions are not as good as one’s own thatched house.”
—Chinese proverb.

“There is hardly a pioneer’s hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)

“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)