Quotes on Diamond In The Rough

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished.

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.