“ On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
- 205
“ In her most taxing aria, O patria mia, there were powerful reminders of the Price that we remember best and want to remember, a Price beyond pearls. ”
- Donal Henahan- Copy
- 755
“ This intellectual Pearl Harbor, a real gutsy sock to the stomach. ”
- J. Allen Hynek- Copy
- 3.6K
“ No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”
- C. Day Lewis- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. ”
- Joseph Hall- Copy
- 621
“ Every dew-drop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3.9K
“ If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ”
- John Bunyan- Copy
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“ The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
- 256
“ The stars, Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields Of heaven. ”
- Philip James Bailey- Copy
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“ Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them. ”
- Louisa May Alcott- Copy
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“ No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster? ”
- Cecil Day Lewis- Copy
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“ Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine. ”
- Irwin Edman- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I have been like a child walking along the shore line. Quickly discarding one sea shell for another of more outward beauty — never to know the pearl within! ”
- Robert Anthony- Copy
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“ When President Bush invaded Iraq after 9 11 it was like Truman invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor. ”
- John Kerry- Copy
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“ Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
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“ A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. ”
- George Dennison Prentice- Copy
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“ Buried deep in the maze of commonplace, the pearl of true happiness lies. And he who rejoices in little things, finds the pathway that leads to the prize. ”
- Lucy M. Thompson- Copy
- 314
“ Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. ”
- John Balguy- Copy
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“ For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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