“The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.”
William Shakespeare
“Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.”
Juvenal
“Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice.”
Leo Burnett
“Yes, the numbers look good, but they should have looked better, ... Beneath the surface, it shows some strain.”
Michael Niemira
“By cool Siloam's shady rill / How sweet the lily grows! / How sweet the breath beneath the hill / Of Sharon's dewy rose!”
Richard Heber
“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.”
Victor Hugo
“The one had leaves of dark green that beneath were as shining silver, and from each of his countless flowers a dew of silver light was ever falling, and the earth beneath was dappled with the shadows of his fluttering leaves.”
J.R.R. Tolkien