Famous quotes containing the words rare, earth and/or metals:
“She could not love me
Were man as rare as phoenix.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)
“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)