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    Gold begets in brethren hate;
    Gold in families debate;
    Gold does friendship separate;
    Gold does civil wars create.

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For gold in phisik is a cordial;
Therefore he lovede gold in special.

For gold in phisik is a cordial;
Therefore he lovede gold in special.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Gold Quotes,
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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.

by Carter G. Woodson Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

by Aristotle Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of
gold; by gold love is procured.
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Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of
gold; by gold love is procured.
[Lat., Aurea nunc vere sunt saecula; plurimus auto
Venit honos; auro concilatur amor.]

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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?]

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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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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

by R. Buckminster Fuller Found in: Gold 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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A mask of gold hides all deformities.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

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