Best stones & holes Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”

Stills Use Lying Praying Stones Gold Holes Grieving Fancy

Book:Aesop's fables

Source: Aesop's fables

“Then the Old Man of the Earth stooped over the floor of the cave, raised a huge stone from it, and left it leaning. It disclosed a great hole that went plumb-down. "That is the way," he said. "But there are no stairs." "You must throw yourself in. There is no other way.”

Men Way Said Earth Left Huge Stones Raised Holes Old Man Caves Stairs

Book:The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more

Source: The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more

“Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole.”

Light Lasts Sun Keys Stones Shining Holes Setting Settings Grey Thrush

Book:The Hobbit

Source: The Hobbit

“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.”

“Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens”

Force Doors Rain Determination Stones Holes Knocking Constancy Knocking On Doors

Author:Joseph Gerber

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