Precious

Famous quotes containing the word precious:

“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:1.

“What have I to give you back, whose worth
May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Was it the proud full sail of his great verse,
Bound for the prize of all too precious you,
That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inherse,
Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew?
Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write
Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)