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Quote by Peter Marshall
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks gr

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. – Peter Marshall

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Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. – Peter Marshall

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Humility
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Peter Marshall
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God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. – Peter Marshall

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God
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Peter Marshall
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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

The topaz is a miniature reproduction of the rich gold which illumines the setting sun. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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How much art and science, and what attention, what care is necessary to render the sun-beams which are imprisoned in a tiny polyhedron of pure carbon, brilliant and sparkling! – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. – Mae West

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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer

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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times. – Thomas Aquinas

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Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ive never believed in singing about Satan and thinking hes cool, because hes not. – Dave Mustaine

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