salt of earth
Example Sentences
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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
"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
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)
Women, the society of women, who are the salt of earth; that is what I want.
From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold
