Jade Falcons

Famous quotes containing the words jade and/or falcons:

    “Do not pray for gold and jade and precious things; pray that your children and grandchildren may all be good.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Thus piteously Love closed what he begat:
    The union of this ever-diverse pair!
    These two were rapid falcons in a snare,
    Condemned to do the flitting of the bat.”
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)