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That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
'Tis plate of rare device and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,
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'Tis plate of rare device and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,
And I am something curious, being strange,
To have them in sale stowage.
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.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
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.
The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is read more
The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on.
