Quotes
Quotes about Gold
Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true: Yet wildings of nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold.
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in the winde; But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale and woe; The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the same overthrowe. - edited by John Payne Collier,
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. â¢Muhammad Ali Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same. â¢Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold. â¢Anonymous My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still. â¢Anonymous Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods.
Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.
This casket threatens; men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages. A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross; I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead.
It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur; "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich, As the gifts of the Wise Ones were, And we are not told whose gift was gold, Or whose was the gift of myrrh.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
Like a glowworm golden, in a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden its aerial blue Among the flowers and grass which screen it from the view.
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!
A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
For gold in phisik is a cordial; Therefore he lovede gold in special.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?
That is gold which is worth gold.
Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break. [Lat., Aurum per medios ire satellites Et perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo.]
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.
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.]
Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
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.]
Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.
What nature wants, commodious gold bestows; 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.
