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

A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.

Every honest miller has a golden thumb.

For gold in phisik is a cordial; Therefore he lovede gold in special.

And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.

Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?

That is gold which is worth gold.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

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

Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.

Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

Not Philip, but Phillip's gold, took the cities of Greece.

What nature wants, commodious gold bestows; 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.

Gold is a vain and foolish fancy.

I see, the jewel best enamelled Will lose his beauty; yet the gold bides still That others touch, and often touching will Wear gold; and no man that hath a name, By falsehood and corruption doth it shame.

How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object! For this the foolish overcareful fathers Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care. Their bones with industry. For this they have engrossed and piled up The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold; For this they have been thoughtful to invest Their sons with arts and martial exercises.

Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold; For I have bought it with an hundred blows.