Crown of thorns Quote by William Jennings Bryan

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

— William Jennings Bryan

“You came to tell us that the great cities are in favour of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon…

— William Jennings Bryan

You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

— William Jennings Bryan

“Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Gold is reserved for those who know its laws and abide by them.”

— George S. Clason

“I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is…

— Henry David Thoreau

We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the…

— Anonymous

“more brave in despising gold as yet undiscovered, and so best situated while hidden in the earth, than in forcing it out for the…

— Horace

“Your gold is your religion , your adornment is your moral attitude , and your wealth is your good manners .”

— Aidh bin Abdullah Al-Qarni

“Yet gold all is not, that doth gold seem, Nor all good knights, that shake well spear and shield: The worth of all men…

— Edmund Spenser

No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.

— Mae West

But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in…

— George Arnold