#diamonds

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#may #mistaken #pebbles #rough #sometimes

No pressure, no diamonds. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#no pressure #pressure

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#diamonds #find #hear #peace #see

As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a good deal to keep her in diamonds. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#beautiful #cost #deal #diamonds #divorce

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#coal #diamonds #jobs #more #nothing

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special. ↗

— James Galway

#diamonds #difference #flute #i #just

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#away #diamonds #explained #like #out

Big girls need big diamonds. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#diamonds #need

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#contrary #diamonds #difficulties #grow #life