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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.

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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

by Napoleon Hill Found in: Gold Quotes,
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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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And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.

And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Gold Quotes,
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There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds read more

There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell:.

by William Shakespeare 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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Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.

Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.

by Turkish Proverb 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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An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.

An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.

by Romanian Proverb Found in: Gold Quotes,
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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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