“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“But it is not for the perfect vase or the polished gem to choose their owners.”
— Mary Renault, book The Persian Boy
Source: The Persian Boy (1972), p. 29
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