“A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer
2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)
“A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer
Fred Rogers (1928–2003) American television personality
Commencement Address at Dartmouth College June 9th, 2002 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2002/june/060902c.html
John Varley (1947) American science fiction author
"In the Bowl", The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (December 1975), reprinted in The Persistence of Vision (1978)
“Assurance is a jewel worth waiting for.”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Heaven On Earth, 1654
“A jewel is sought after and has not to seek.”
Kumārasambhava, Canto V, 45; translation by M. R. Kale
“Jewels with baguettes, swingin like the Mets”
Big L (rapper) (1974–1999) American rapper
“Patience in a person glows like a jewel.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
[Mizan al-Hikmah, Muhammadi Reishahri, Muhammad, Dar al-Hadith, 2010, 3, Qum, 217]
General Quotes
“Don't waste the Earth - It is our Jewel!”
Buzz Aldrin (1930) American astronaut
Buzz Aldrin, 2012, quote from interview video at 1:28, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=E3W7eVkWSs4