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    Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...

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What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Gold Quotes,
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I see, the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
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I see, the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
That others touch, and often touching will
Wear gold; and no man that hath a name,
By falsehood and corruption doth it shame.

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Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.

by Vergil Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

by R. Buckminster Fuller Found in: Gold Quotes,
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As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time

As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time

by English Proverb Found in: Gold Quotes,
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(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter?
(Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring
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(Portia:) A quarrel ho! already! What's the matter?
(Gratiano:) About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring
That she did give me, whose posy was
For all the world like cutler's poetry
Upon a knife--'Love me, and leave me not.'

by William Shakespeare Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe read more

Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Gold Quotes,
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That is gold which is worth gold.

That is gold which is worth gold.

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What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

by Thomas Gray Found in: Cats Quotes, Gold Quotes,
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