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    How quickly nature falls into revolt
    When gold becomes her object!
    For this the foolish overcareful fathers
    Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.
    Their bones with industry.
    For this they have engrossed and piled up
    The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;
    For this they have been thoughtful to invest
    Their sons with arts and martial exercises.

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Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.

Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Gold Quotes, Jewels Quotes,
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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...

by Bob Marley Found in: Gold Quotes,
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A mask of gold hides all deformities.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

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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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Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

by Swiss Proverb Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.

Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.

by Plutarch 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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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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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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