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121 " The campus spreads around him like the verdant pleasure garden of an ancient king. He is enraptured by the enormous trees that lift branches like cathedral roofs overhead, shoot roots like polished ballroom floors underfoot. In the hot afternoons he leaves the crowded rooms to study under the protection of these spreading giants. "
― Nayomi Munaweera , Island of a Thousand Mirrors
122 " The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials. "
123 " Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes the Bores and Bored. "
124 " Chaucer I confess is a rough diamond and must be polished e'er he shines. "
125 " Society can only exist on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. "
126 " Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes The Bores and the Bored. "
127 " I love a finished speaker I really truly do. I don't mean one who's polished I just mean one who's through. "
128 " The blue-backed notebooks, the two pencils and the pencil sharpener (a pocket knife was too wasteful) the marble-topped tables, the smell of early morning, sweeping out and mopping, and luck were all you needed. For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there. "
― Ernest Hemingway , A Moveable Feast
129 " A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. "
130 " Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword. "
