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Letter "G" » gold coin
«Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old:It is the rust we value, not the gold.»
«Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current»
Author: Laurence Sterne
(Writer)
| About:
Honor
| Keywords:
brass, coins, gold coin, impressions, no value, render, The Impressions, titles
«Loose words are picked up like gold coin.»
«Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world»
«Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.»
Author: Joseph Joubert
(Essayist)
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appreciating, crucible, crucibles, diamonds, gold coin, lab, scales, The Crucible, The Lab, touchstone, touchstones, trader, weights
«The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper»
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