Famous quotes containing the words earth and/or metals:
“I know that winter death has never tried
The earth but it has failed:”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in digging in one’s soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)