salt of earth
Example Sentences
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Women, the society of women, who are the salt of earth; that is what I want.
From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold
"Let the salt of earth enable the thin fluid to assume the virtue of the teeming sea!"
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch
The Lord's Apostles are the salt of earth; Let salt not lose its savour!
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Thy merit, goodness, value, worth, Expedience, utility— O manna, honey, salt of earth, I sing, I chant, I worship thee!
From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
