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carved in stone

«Lay the green sod on mecarve my name in stonelay the green sod on methe soldier has come home.»
«Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them while I live»
«The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: carved in stone, flowing
«Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.»
«Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone»
«And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; / And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; / And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, / And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.»
«And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, / See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: / And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, / To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, / And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.»
«And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: carved, carved in stone
«Milton . . . was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock, but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.»