Character Quote by Plato

All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

— Plato

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

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

— Euripides

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

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

— Rumi

Earth is dearer than gold

— Estonian Proverb

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

Gold is worshipped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes, without a single hypocrite.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, All earthly things but virtue.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson