Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
- Job 28:2
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
- Job 28:3
Let it not be said that repentance is difficult. Things that are excellent deserve labour. Will not a man dig for gold in the ore though it makes him sweat? It is better to go with difficulty to heaven than with ease to hell.
- Thomas Watson
The refinements of passion, the extravagances of sensuality! And necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt out the heaviest ore of the body into purity. With the fire of sheer sensuality.