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“A diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery or any other thing, is yet made soft by the blood of a goat.”

Made Blood Stones Hardest Diamond Steel Goats

Author:Thomas Browne

“The diamond is the hardest stone -- to get.”

Stones Hardest Diamond

Book:Humorous English: a guide to comic usage, jocular speech and writing, and witty grammar

Source: Humorous English: a guide to comic usage, jocular speech and writing, and witty grammar

“The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none.”

Years Bigs Mother Expectations Stones Overcoming Towns Hardest Gaps Coal Hardest Thing Virginia Nineteen Mining Slim Miners Coal Miners Coal Mining

Author:Thomas Jones

“The hardest shot in golf is a mashie at 90 yards from the green, where the ball has to be played against an oak tree, bounces back into a sandtrap, hits a stone, bounces on the green and then rolls into the cup. That shot is so difficult I have made it only once.”

Made Difficult Tree Shots Stones Balls Green Golf Hardest Cups Made It Yards Oaks Bounce Oak Tree

Author:Zeppo Marx