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 Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me,
 Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;
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 Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me,
 Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;
  For I have bought it with an hundred blows. 
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.
 Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air,
 For that without it were else a miserable affair.
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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.] 
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:.
 Gold begets in brethren hate;
 Gold in families debate;
  Gold does friendship separate;
   Gold read more 
 Gold begets in brethren hate;
 Gold in families debate;
  Gold does friendship separate;
   Gold does civil wars create. 
 I see, the jewel best enamelled
 Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still
  That others read more 
 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. 
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
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.
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.