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Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
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.
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is read more
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not 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?]
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
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.
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.
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
The read more
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
The last corruption of degenerate man.
