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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. - T

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Death
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Thomas Carlyle
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Music
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Thomas Carlyle
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Jewelry
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Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal. – William Shakespeare, The Twelfth Night

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Jewelry

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. – Lord Chesterfield

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Jewelry

As though pure white snow flashed and sparkled with the color of bright ruddy wine, and was overcome by this radiance. – Author unknown, about opal

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Jewelry

The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. – Author Unknown

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Jewelry

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