Central Plain

Central Plain may refer to:

  • Central Plain (China), or Zhōngyuán, a plain in Northern China in the lower reaches of the Yellow River which was the cradle of Chinese civilisation
  • Central Plain (Wisconsin), one of the geographical regions of Wisconsin
  • Central Thailand, plain in Thailand
  • Great Plains, in North America, portion of which is known as Central Plain

Famous quotes containing the words central and/or plain:

    “When life has been well spent, age is a loss of what it can well spare,—muscular strength, organic instincts, gross bulk, and works that belong to these. But the central wisdom, which was old in infancy, is young in fourscore years, and dropping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and bare, gives pause to criminality. But perhaps it is the other way around.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)