Marco Polo Quotations

To the north of Armenia lies Zorzania Georgia, near the confines of which there is a fountain of oil which discharges so great a quantity as to furnish loading for many camels. The use made of it is not for the purpose of food, but as an unguent for the cure of cutaneous distempers in men and cattle, as well as other complaints, and it is also good for burning. In the surrounding country no other oil is used in their lamps, and people come from distant parts to procure it.

One of these nuts is a meal for a man, both meat and drink.

I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Saracen, Mongol or pagan, has explored so much of the world as Messer Marco, son of Messer Niccolo Polo, great and noble citizen of the city of Venice.

My heart beats as much as I can breathe.

If you put together all the Christians in the world, with their Emperors and their Kings, the whole of these Christians, - aye, and throw in the Saracens to boot, - would not have such power, or be able to do so much as this Kublai, who is Lord of all the Tartars in the world.

I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed

Without stones there is no arch

It's a city that just has to be discovered,

Getting all of our gear was pretty cool. We got 20 shirts and just a ton of stuff.

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.