Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!
I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel
Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.
When you finish a poem, it clicks shut like the top of a jewel box, but prose is endless. I haven't experienced an awful lot of clicking shut!
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate
Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army.
The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.
Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
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