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The February born will find Sincerity and peace of mind; Freedom from passion and from care, If they the Pearl (also green Amethyst) will wear. - Unattributed Author, February, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. - Bible, Matthew (ch. XIII, v. 45-46) If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. - John Bunyan, Apology for his Book (l. 89) Black is a pearl in a woman's eye. - George Chapman, An Humorous Day's Mirth The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. [Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.] - Jean de la Bruyere, Les Caracteres (XII)
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