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Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold
Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold
Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to
do?
[Lat., Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
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Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to
do?
[Lat., Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
Auri sacra fames?]
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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.
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.
The cat has too much spirit to have no heart
The cat has too much spirit to have no heart
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
