Famous quotes containing the words precious and/or metals:
“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:1.
“As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in digging in one’s soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)