"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods,……" — Langston Hughes
"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"
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- Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne
- Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. — Jean de la Bruyere
- This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip. — Richard Burton
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- Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. — Thomas Carlyle
- No pressure, no diamonds. — Thomas Carlyle
- The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
- We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. — Anton Chekhov