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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.]
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!
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.
Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.
Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.
How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
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How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.
Their bones with industry.
For this they have engrossed and piled up
The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;
For this they have been thoughtful to invest
Their sons with arts and martial exercises.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
