Han Empire

Famous quotes containing the words han and/or empire:

    We all desiren, if it mighte be,
    To han husbandes hardy, wise, and free,
    And secret, and no niggard, ne no fool,
    Ne him that is aghast of every tool,
    Ne none avaunter, by that God above!
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

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    I bring full-flavoured wine out of a barrel found
    Where seven Ephesian topers slept and never knew
    When Alexander’s empire passed, they slept so sound.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)