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«The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear»
«Has the luster of the infinite holiness of God ever shone upon your heart and drawn your heart to Him? And has your heart ever leaped at the sight of the brightness of His holiness? Is this why you love Him? If so, you know God correctly and your»
«The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.»
«There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!»
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poet) | Keywords: luster
«Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.»
Author: William Penn (Founder) | About: Senses | Keywords: jewel, luster, set in
«Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.»
Author: Cyril Connolly | About: Words | Keywords: glisten, glistening, luster, seaweed, shells
«It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment /but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?»
«Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining those rewards which the accomplishment may deserve. She is not easily persuaded to believe that the force of merit can be resisted by obstinacy and avarice, or its luster darkened by envy and malignity.»