#jewel

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. ↗

— John Milton

#covetous #covetousness #him #his #jewel

When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley. ↗

— Gary Neville

#along #announcement #another #child #crown

San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#beautiful city #city #edge #franciscans #gate

Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that's how I started. ↗

— Marc Newson

#art school #chairs #design #ended #how

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#building #constitution #democracy #envy #fair

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. ↗

— William Penn

#double #humble #humility #jewel #kingdom

Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#clothes #godmother #gold #her #into

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#concealment #ever #given #grace #impart

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#always #canvas #fear #finding #had

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. ↗

— Plautus

#beauty #character #comes #fortune #gift