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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...
Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold
Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold
Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
For that without it were else a miserable affair.
[Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,
Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]
Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.
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
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
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The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
The last corruption of degenerate man.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
