Quotes 101 till 120 of 122.
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There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for it or not, it is there, haunting his daydreams when the burden of debt is most unbearable.
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There was no corn - in the wide market-place all loathliest things, even human flesh, was sold; They weighed it in small scales - and many a face was fixed in eager horror then; his gold the miser brought; the tender maid, grown bold through hunger, bared her scorned charms in vain.
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Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
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To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow.
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To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.
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Truth is the trial of itself
And needs no other touch,
And purer than the purest gold,
Refine it ne'er so much.The Touchstone of Truth -
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.
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We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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Well, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary!
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When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates, and checks of the purchaser's country, since these are of value only in the country of issue.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
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When I was bullied: you manned-up. You learned something. You realized: I'm not getting the gold star. You realized: you lose. Deal with it.
On being bullied and the It Gets Better Project -
Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.
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You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
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