Precious

Famous quotes containing the word precious:

    It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    Malcolm. Dispute it like a man.
    Macduff. I shall do so;
    But I must also feel it as a man.
    I cannot but remember such things were
    That were most precious to me.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.
    Henry VIII (1491–1547)