Gold Quotes

Most popular gold quotes

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
— Latin proverb

Latin proverbs negotiation proverbs

Gold will buy the highest honors; and gold will purchase love. - Ovid quote.
Gold will buy the highest honors; and gold will purchase love.
Ovid The Art of Love
I don't have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn't in human systems. To me that's not optional; that's a moral obligation. If you're capable of understanding the world, you have a moral obligation to become rational. And I don't see how you become rational hoarding gold. Even if it works, you're a jerk. - Charlie Munger quote.
I don't have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn't in human systems. To me that's not optional; that's a moral obligation. If you're capable of understanding the world, you have a moral obligation to become rational. And I don't see how you become rational hoarding gold. Even if it works, you're a jerk.

investing

When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotent. - Publilius Syrus quote.
When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotent.

cause eloquence

Gold, n.  A yellow metal greatly prized for its convenience in the various kinds of robbery known as trade. - Ambrose Bierce quote.
Gold, n.  A yellow metal greatly prized for its convenience in the various kinds of robbery known as trade.
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all, that glisters, is gold. - Thomas Gray quote.
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all, that glisters, is gold.

temptation

That for which all virtue now is sold.
And almost every vice—almighty gold. - Ben Jonson quote.
That for which all virtue now is sold.
And almost every vice—almighty gold.
It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold. - William McFee quote.
It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.
Gold is the key, whatever else we try;
And that sweet metal aids the conqueror
In every case, in love as well as war. - Molière quote.
Gold is the key, whatever else we try;
And that sweet metal aids the conqueror
In every case, in love as well as war.
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and silken cords pinch.

proverbs

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
Gold defiles with frequent touch;
There's nothing fouls the hand so much. - Jonathan Swift quote.
Gold defiles with frequent touch;
There's nothing fouls the hand so much.
Love is the only gold. - Alfred, Lord Tennyson quote.
Love is the only gold.
Accursed greed for gold,
To what dost thou not drive the heart of man. - Virgil quote.
Accursed greed for gold,
To what dost thou not drive the heart of man.

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