Famous quotes containing the words rare, earth and/or metals:
“It is rare to find one who was so much of a poet and so little of an artist.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“What a grudge I am bearing the earth that has its arms about her,”
—Petrarch (1304–1374)
“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)