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"Stones" is a song performed by Swiss duo Zibbz. The song was released as a digital download on 9 January 2018 through 6003 Records, and was written by Zibbz along with Canadian songwriter Laurell Barker. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Eurovision Song Contest On 9 January 2018, Zibbz was announced as one of the six competitors in the ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow, the Swiss national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The final was held on 4 February 2018, and "Stones" was declared the winner after receiving the highest number of points from both the international juries and Swiss public. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song competed in the first semi-final, held on 8 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. However, they failed to qualify for the final of 12 May.

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“Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.”
— Francis Bacon, Essays (1625), "Of Beauty"
“Sculptured in stone on the poet's pages.”
— Robert Browning, "Women and Roses", in Men and Women (1855)
“All available stones... possessed sacred, eternal qualities. ...[A]ll living things perish ...the imposing rocks and cliffs stood eternally. ...[S]tone was symbolic of the eternal realm. ...[S]tone materials were devoted exclusively to religious monuments and sacred funerary paraphernalia. ...intended to survive for eternity.”
— Joseph Davidovits, The Pyramids: an Enigma Solved (1988) p. 67.
“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?”
— Jesus, (KJV)
“In one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread with the other.”
— Plautus, Aulularia (c. 2nd-3rd century BC), Act II, sc. 2, l. 18
“Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.”
— Theognis of Megara Line 215.

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Notable quotes

“Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.”
— Francis Bacon, Essays (1625), "Of Beauty"
“Sculptured in stone on the poet's pages.”
— Robert Browning, "Women and Roses", in Men and Women (1855)
“All available stones... possessed sacred, eternal qualities. ...[A]ll living things perish ...the imposing rocks and cliffs stood eternally. ...[S]tone was symbolic of the eternal realm. ...[S]tone materials were devoted exclusively to religious monuments and sacred funerary paraphernalia. ...intended to survive for eternity.”
— Joseph Davidovits, The Pyramids: an Enigma Solved (1988) p. 67.
“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?”
— Jesus, (KJV)
“In one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread with the other.”
— Plautus, Aulularia (c. 2nd-3rd century BC), Act II, sc. 2, l. 18
“Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.”
— Theognis of Megara Line 215.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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