Diamond/history

Famous quotes containing the words diamond and/or history:

“Every time an ashtray is missing from a hotel, they don’t come looking for you. But let a diamond bracelet disappear in France and they shout John Robie, the Cat. You don’t have to spend every day of your life proving your honesty, but I do.”
—John Michael Hayes (b.1919)

“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)