Earth Quote by Ovid

The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.

— Horace

The Earth turns to Gold, in the hands of the wise.

— Rumi

Earth is dearer than gold

— Estonian Proverb

How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object! For this the foolish over-careful fathers Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their…

— William Shakespeare

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

— Plato

The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing…

— Thomas Carlyle

Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.

— Alan Weisman

Gold and iron are good To buy iron and gold.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

And part of the soil is called to wash away In storms and streams shave close and gnaw the rocks. Besides, whatever the earth…

— Lucretius

“... Mother Nature is punishing us, ..., for our greed and selfishness. We torture her at all hours by iron and wood, fire and…

— Robert Harris

I come in a world of iron...to make a world of gold

— Dale Wasserman