Imitation Pearls
Over the years a number of cheap imitations have surfaced using confusing names such as pearls from Majorca or Majorca pearls. These are all lower quality imitations trading on the brand recognition quality and image of true Majorica pearls.
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Famous quotes containing the words imitation and/or pearls:
“All men are really most attracted by the beauty of plain speech, and they even write in a florid style in imitation of this. They prefer to be misunderstood rather than to come short of its exuberance.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 7:6.
From the Sermon on the Mount.