When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. – Peter Marshall Category: Jewelry
The aquamarine… has the glassy tint of the waves of the sea. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French Category: Jewelry
The opal resembles a fraction of the rainbow softened by a milky cloud. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French Category: Jewelry
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them. – C. S. Lewis Category: Marriage
We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength. – John M. McHugh Category: strength
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. – Bertrand Russell Category: good
