I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel -
Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls. View quotes by C S Calverley
Poets that lasting marble seek
Must carve in Latin or in Greek. (Of English Verse, 1645) View quotes by Edmund Waller
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. View quotes by Elbert Hubbard
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. View quotes by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I consider a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. View quotes by Joseph Addison
