Decay Quote by John Alfred Langford Download Open image “The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge.” — John Alfred Langford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decay Jewels Knowledge Learning
Jewel-Like the immortaldoes not boast of its length of yearsbut of the scintillating point of the moment. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Funny, 'ow you can 'old a jewel in your 'and, and toss it away, and not even know what you 'ad until it's gone. — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel — Guru Gobind Singh Copy Share Image
All false art, all vain wisdom, lasts its time but finally destroys itself, and its highest culture is also the epoch of its decay. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defence.” — John Alfred Langford Copy Share Image
The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense. — John Alfred Langford Copy Share Image
The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will… — John Alfred Langford Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as artistic or… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
One reason why my memory decays is that I have three cats, all so loving and insistent that they play cat's-cradle with every train… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust. — Mick Farren Copy Share Image
Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects;… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
But the grind has begun. The windows don’t open, and even the availability of near-constant jokes about Jews and Mormons fails to stem the… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Cocaine decisions that you make today, will mean nothing later on when you get nose decay. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“They went through the last of the cars and then walked up the track to the locomotive and climbed up to the catwalk. Rust… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move… — William Allen White Copy Share Image
