美玉生磐石,宝剑出龙渊。 —— 三国·魏·曹植
Beautiful jade is derived from big rocks; precious swords are tempered with the water from Dragon Spring. —— Cao Zhi (192-232), poet of the State of Wei of the Three Kingdoms
Comment: Beautiful things are found in commonplace things. Honorable people come from the humble.
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