PEARL QUOTES - PEARLS OF WISDOM

“The main beauty of pearls lies in the fact that
they glow and therefore reflect their beauty on the wearer.
This has been recognised since the beginning of civilization and
their story is full of symbolism and romance.”
(extract from a speech by Christianne Douglas)

“To appreciate a diamond, the surface must be pierced
to release the dazzling display of color that can come from the heart;
but to appreciate the pearl, the eye must simply gaze upon
its surface to behold its soft color and peaceful beauty."
(Alain Boucheron)

“Forasmuch as the pearl is a product of life,
which from an inward trouble and from a fault produces purity and perfection,
it is preferred among the heaven and seas;
for in nothing do Angels so much delight as in its tenderness and luster.”
(anonymous Italian author)

“Pearls have this advantage over precious stones dug out of rocks,
that the latter owe their luster to the industry of men;
nature only, as it were, hews them out,
and leaves the finishing of them to art:
but the former are born with that beautiful water which gives them their value.
They are found perfectly polished in the abysses of the sea.”
(Rees's Cyclopedia, 1813)


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