Famous quotes containing the word precious:
“And here the precious dust is layd;
Whose purely temperd Clay was made
So fine, that it the guest betrayd.
Else the soule grew so fast within,
It broke the outward shell of sinne,
And so was hatchd a Cherubin.”
—Thomas Carew (15891639)
“Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.”
—John Milton (16081674)
“It is true that liberty is preciousso precious that it must be rationed.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (18701924)
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