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

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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon read more

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!

by William Jennings Bryan Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Commerce has set the mark of selfishness,
The signet of its all-enslaving power
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Commerce has set the mark of selfishness,
The signet of its all-enslaving power
Upon a shining ore, and called it gold;
Before whose image bow the vulgar great,
The vainly rich, the miserable proud,
The mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings,
And with blind feelings reverence the power
That grinds them to the dust of misery.
But in the temple of their hireling hearts
Gold is a living god, and rules in scorn
All earthly things but virtue.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Gold Quotes,
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A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.

A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.

by George Gordon Noel Byron 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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Stronger than thunder's winged force
All-powerful gold can speed its course;
Through watchful guards its passage make,
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Stronger than thunder's winged force
All-powerful gold can speed its course;
Through watchful guards its passage make,
And loves through solid walls to break.
[Lat., Aurum per medios ire satellites
Et perrumpere amat saxa potentius
Ictu fulmineo.]

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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.

Every honest miller has a golden thumb.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.

Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.

by Carter G. Woodson Found in: Gold Quotes,
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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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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

by Marjorie Holmes Found in: Gold Quotes,
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