Drying Wood

Famous quotes containing the words drying and/or wood:

“Just as petals fall from drying garlands, which you can see aimlessly swimming in wine-bowls are we lovers, who now puff up our chests, but perhaps tomorrow the fateful day will shut us down.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

“The wood for a temple does not come from a single tree.”
—Chinese proverb.