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32 Quotes for 'Jewels' in the Database.
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She who from April dates her years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone,
Emblem of innocence is known.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: April, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Wear a Sardonyx or for thee
No conjugal felicity.
The August-born without this stone
'Tis said must live unloved and lone.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: August, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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If cold December gave you birth,
The month of snow and ice and mirth,
Place on you hand a Turquoise blue,
Success will bless whate'er you do.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: December, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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By her who in this month is born,
No gems save Garnets should be worn;
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: January, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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The glowing Ruby should adorn
Those who in warm July are born,
Then will they be exempt and free
From love's doubt and anxiety.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: July, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Who comes with Summer to this earth
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of Agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth, and long life command.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: June, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Who in this world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise;
In days of peril firm and brave,
And wear a Bloodstone to their grave.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: March, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Who first beholds the light of day
In Spring's sweet flowery month of May
And wears an Emerald all her life,
Shall be a loved and happy wife.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: May, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Who first comes to this world below
With drear November's fog and snow
Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--
Emblem of friends and lovers true.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: November, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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October's child is born for woe,
And life's vicissitudes must know;
But lay on Opal on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: October, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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A maiden born when Autumn leaves
Are rustling in September's breeze,
A Sapphire on her brow should bind,
'Twill cure diseases of the mind.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: September, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls;
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XIII, v. 45-46)
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Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
Author: George Chapman
Source: An Humorous Day's Mirth
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day,
But night itself does the rich gem betray.
Author: Abraham Cowley
Source: Davideis (bk. III, l. 37)
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak,
Say what words fail of.
Author: George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross)
Source: The Spanish Gypsy (bk. I)
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And I had lent my watch last night to one
That dines to-day at the sheriff's.
Author: Ben Jonson
Source: Alchemist (act I, sc. 1)
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It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest;
Would thou could'st make the time to do so too;
I'll wind thee up no more.
Author: Ben Jonson
Source: Staple of News (act I, sc. 1)
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The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de
plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
Source: Les Caracteres (XII)
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Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Irish Melodies--Rich and Rare were the Gems She Wore
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Oh her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore.
Author: Alexander Pope
Source: Rape of the Lock (canto II, l. 7)
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Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl;
Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;
A beautiful cross it is I ween
As ever on beauty's breast was seen;
There's nothing at all but love to pay;
Take it and wear it, but only stay!
Ah! Sir Hunter, what excellent taste!
I'm not--in such--particular--haste.
Author: J.G. Saxe
Source: The Hunter and the Milkmaid, translated
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I see, the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
That others touch, and often touching will
Wear gold; and no man that hath a name,
By falsehood and corruption doth it shame.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Comedy of Errors (Adriana at II, i)
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'Tis plate of rare device and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,
And I am something curious, being strange,
To have them in sale stowage.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Cymbeline (Iachimo at I, vi)
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Take that life, beseech you,
Which I so often owe; but your ring first,
And here the bracelet of the truest princess
That ever swore her faith.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Cymbeline (Iachimo at V, v)
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A woman that is like a German clock,
Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,
And never going aright, being a watch,
But being watched that it may still go right!
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Love's Labor's Lost (Berowne at III, i)
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force: Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Author: Patrick Henry
Source: None
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Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with.
Author: Robert Leighton
Source: None
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The Lord says, "As surely as I live, your children will be like jewels. You will be as proud of them as a bride is of her jewels."
Author: Isa 49:18
Source: None
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Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
Author: Hazrat Inayat Khan
Source: None
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Don't forget I know who you are. We were cut from the same surly star. Like two jewels in the sky sharing fire!
Author: Chauvelin
Source: None
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
Author: James Allen
Source: None
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A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety...
Author: Jeremy Taylor
Source: None
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