Alchemy Quote by Anonymous

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this…

— Jules Verne

The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the turning of Africa into…

— Karl Marx

“discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and…

— Jack Weatherford

“Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that…

— Ayn Rand

Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it;…

— Thomas Browne

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused

— Virgil

“The years after the war saw the growth of copper, gold, and tin mining. As always, the profits flowed out of the territory. It”

— Adam Hochschild

“It is therefore impossible to understand the unification of humankind as a purely economic process. In order to understand how thousands of isolated cultures…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its…

— Anonymous

Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.

— Moliere

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

— Samuel Johnson

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich