Precious

Famous quotes containing the word precious:

“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

“I feel me much to blame
So idly to profane the precious time.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but
now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)