“The ocean and I have many pebblesTo find and wash off and roll into shape.”
William Stafford
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.”
Chinese Proverbs
“The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone”
Japanese Proverb
“A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth”
Plutarch
“I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with”
Plato
“Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.”
Thomas Browne Sr.
