Sule Pagoda Road

Famous quotes containing the words sule, pagoda and/or road:

    “I am a man upo the lan,
    An’ I am a silkie in the sea,
    And when I’m far and far frae lan,
    My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie.”
    —Unknown. The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (l. 9–12)

    One is sick at heart of this pagoda worship. It is like the beating of gongs in a Hindoo subterranean temple.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Poverty at home is not a problem, but poverty on the road can be fatal.
    Chinese proverb.