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.

It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.

It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.

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.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
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The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless!
The last corruption of degenerate man.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

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.

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

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

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.