jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed,… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
It will be full of precious stones and jewels, and best of all, full of precious souls!-Immortal souls, saved souls that love… — David Berg Copy Share Image
“I like the word ‘decadent,’ all shimmering with purple and gold … it throws out the brilliance of flames and the gleam… — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
“But what were even gold and silver, precious stones and clockwork, to the bookshops, whence a pleasant smell of paper freshly pressed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“The queen gazes into the garden. There, near the trees, is a fountain; it is white in the darkness and tall, tall… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
“Ah, my dear friend Hassim, seems our paths cross once again, how fortunate for this humble Sheik.” As Abdullah spoke in his… — Nick Hahn Copy Share Image
“I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable, As the dog Jew did utter in the streets:… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The Bible - among other books is as a diamond among precious stones. — John Stoughton Copy Share Image
“There is nothing to be found in human eyes, and that is their terrifying and dolorous enigma, their abominable and delusive charm.… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“Nature is also God's way of communicating with us. Jesus himself used nature to teach us about God. He used birds and… — Adelina St. Clair Copy Share Image
“Legend has it, dwarves were made to uncover all the riches hidden on earth. Not just golds or precious stones, but the… — Lily Blake Copy Share Image
“On the evening of her eighteenth birthday, Maddy opened her journal and made a list of the jewels and precious stones she'd… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart… — James K. Baxter Copy Share Image
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“How to describe the woman? Silky hair, velvety lips. No, it won’t do, I’m using fabrics, constructing a doll. How about coppery… — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
“I was dying inside because I couldn't have the one I wanted and crying because he didn't want me and because he… — Niedria Dionne Kenny Copy Share Image
The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone. — Max Muller Copy Share Image
No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary… — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
“A beggar came to an emperor’s palace. The emperor was just in the garden so he heard the beggar. The man on… — Osho Copy Share Image
Now her eyes meet mine like green lightning-they are green, these eyes of hers, whose power is so indescribable-green, but as are… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
