Careful Quote by Confucius

Great thoughts in crude, unshapely verse set forth lose half their preciousness, and ever must, unless the diamond with its own rich dust be…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

It's the rough diamond that dictates what you can get out of a diamond. You can't say, "I'm going to make this," or, "I'm…

— Laurence Graff

Every diamond has the ability to shine when there is someone to recognize its good facets and inhibit its flaws.

— Wes Fesler

Diamond cannot be polished without friction, gold cannot be purified without fire. good people go through trials but don't suffer, with that experience their…

— Anonymous

Don't scratch a diamond with a rusted tool.

— Anonymous

The ability to talk well is to a man what cutting and polishing are to the rough diamond. The grinding does not add anything…

— Orison S. Marden

Diamond cuts diamonds.

— Sreenadh

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

— Ovid

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

— Thomas Carlyle

There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond.

— Philippe Djian

Carve and polish it the way you like, error cannot be changed into a precious stone.

— Ace Kid

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a…

— Warren Buffett