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    Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
    For that without it were else a miserable affair.
    [Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,
    Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]

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Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

by Thomas Hood Found in: Gold Sayings, General Sayings,
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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.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Gold Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope 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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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

by Marjorie Holmes Found in: Gold Quotes,
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That is gold which is worth gold.

That is gold which is worth gold.

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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.

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There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds read more

There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell:.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Gold Quotes,
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Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...

by Bob Marley Found in: Gold Quotes,
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