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Diamonds and their qualities are frequently used as references in literature. For example, practically anything can “sparkle like diamonds”. Hearts can be “diamond-hard” although it is not uncommon for some people to have “hearts of gold.”
The oldest dated printed book from 868 AD is the Diamond Sutra, currently displayed in the British Library. A sutra is a Buddhist sermon and this one gets its name from part of the text where Buddha says it should be known as ‘The Diamond of Transcendent Wisdom’ because “its teaching will cut like a diamond blade through worldly illusion to illuminate what is real and everlasting”. Even in the Ninth Century China diamonds were know for their hardness and ability to cut.
In films, “Diamonds are Forever” and the great Twentieth Century actress, Marilyn Monroe famously sang, in the film “Some Like it Hot”, that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” The Beatles sang of “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” and stars do indeed sparkle and twinkle like diamonds.
Diamonds are also used as an indication of wealth in advertising, with many bank credit cards and business loyalty cards being classed as diamond level. Some products are alleged to have a “diamond standard”. The truly reliable, trustworthy man is referred to in Cockney slang as a “diamond geezer.”
When you choose diamond engagement rings at Marlows you become a part of this diamond magic, expressing your love in a clear-cut way; for, as a Chinese proverb says “Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without”.
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