Famous Quotes | Gold? Yellow, glittering,...

Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold?
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This yellow slave
Will knit and break religions, bless th’ accursed,
Make the hoar leprosy adored, place thieves,
And give them title, knee and approbation
With senators on the bench. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Timon, in Timon of Athens, act 4, sc. 3, l. 26, 34-8. digging for roots to eat, Timon finds buried gold; “place” = place in office. The idea of a leper as white (hoary) may be derived from 1 Kings 5:27, “a leper white as snow.”

Categories: Corruption, Dramatist, Gold, Money

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