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“It was rejoicing then in its gayest colors, untrodden, hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.” John Muir, The Mountains of California
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“gold and silver . . . are . . . the direct incarnation of all human labour. Hence the magic of money.” Karl Marx, Das Kapital
“You are an alchemist; make gold of that.” William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens
“All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told; Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms infold.” William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Truth scarce ever yet carried it by vote anywhere at its first appearance: new opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. But truth, like gold, is not the less so for...” John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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William Shakespeare (2)
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1)
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