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«Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine»
«Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below»
«And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: as it were, pearls, transparent
«And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: / And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.»
«And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: / The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, / And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.»
«Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: / Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.»
«Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces»
Author: Bible | Keywords: pearls, Pearls Before Swine, swine
«By going to the den of a lion pearls from the head of an elephant may be obtained; but by visiting the hole of a jackal nothing but the tail of a calf or a bit of the hide of an ass may found.»
«Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: dive, pearls, straws
«Don't cast your pearls before swine»
Author: Proverb | About: Animals | Keywords: pearls, Pearls Before Swine, swine

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