If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. This is a collection of proverbs and quotes about gold.
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A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold.
A woman is like the moon - some nights it is silver others gold.
Agriculture is the noblest of all alchemy; for it turns earth, and even manure, into gold, conferring upon its cultivator the additional reward of health.Paul Chatfield
All that glitters is not gold.You can be deceived by appearances. What looks good on the outside may actually be bad.
All that is gold does not glitter,J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost.
Source: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Quoted: Bilbo
All that is gold does not glitter,J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Source: The Lord of the Rings
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.Jim Bishop
Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold.
Cheese is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
Christmas is a spirit that flows from one heart to another. It is more precious than rubies and better than gold.Agnes M. Pharo
Far over the misty mountains coldJ.R.R. Tolkien
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party
Part of a song by the dwarves
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
Golden dishes will never turn black.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Lord of the Rings
Quoted: Thorin
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.Mahatma Gandhi
Kill the goose that lays the golden egg.Destroying a source of good income.
Old is gold.There are important lessons to be learned from the past.
Poetry is a sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog.Carl Sandburg
Talking is silver, silence is gold.
The effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.Douglas Adams
Source: The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 18 - The Return Journey
Quoted: Thorin
