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Gold Quotes - Page 13

Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.

Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Napoleon Hill, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol “"Strangest Secret" Reference Collecion”, Lulu.com

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896. In an earlier speech in the House of Representatives, 22 Dec. 1894, Bryan had said: "I shall not help crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. I shall not aid in pressing down upon the bleeding brow of labor this crown of thorns."

Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson.

"The Third of November". Poem by William C. Bryant (1861), first published in William C. Bryant "Thirty Poems" (pp. 112-115), 1864.

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.328

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

The worship of the golden calf of old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.

Pope Francis' Address to the New Non-Resident Ambassadors to the Holy See: Kyrgyzstan, Antigua and Barbuda, Luxembourg and Botswana, w2.vatican.va. May 16, 2013.