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Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
Critics and Criticism
Charles Buxton

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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.
Society
Lord Byron

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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Adversity
Chinese Proverb

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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Colleges and Universities
Robert Green Ingersoll

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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
Law and Lawyers
Jean De La Bruyere

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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
Society
Friedrich Schlegel

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Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
Innocence
Bishop Robert South

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The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Work, Hard
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun