“For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will perish first. For neither can you remain here always, nor can silver remain here always; so also with gold, wardrobes, houses, money, real estate-and in the end, even the light by which we enjoy all these things. So do not be willing then to rejoice in such things as these. Rejoice instead in the light that has no setting; rejoice in the dawn which no yesterday precedes, and no tomorrow follows.” KnowsFirstsRealEndsLightHouseEnjoyWillingBrotherTomorrowGoldYesterdaySettingSettingsDawnMy BrotherSilverRejoiceConsumerismEstatesBrothers And SistersWardrobeOverconsumption Author:Saint Augustine
“The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it.” MenMindLostEnjoyGoalWealthRaceWiseTaughtGoldHotFortunePursuitRanApplesMidway Book:Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume Source: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume
“However dangerous might be the shock of a comet, it might be so slight, that it would only do damage at the part of the Earth where it actually struck; perhaps even we might cry quits if while one kingdom were devastated, the rest of the Earth were to enjoy the rarities which a body which came from so far might bring it. Perhaps we should be very surprised to find that the debris of these masses that we despised were formed of gold and diamonds; but who would be the most astonished, we, or the comet-dwellers, who would be cast on our Earth? What strange being each would find the other!” IfsShouldBodyMightWould BeEarthEnjoyDangerousCryStrangeMassGoldCastsQuittingKingdomsAliensDamageShockDiamondDespisedDevastatedCometsDebrisRarityDwellersGold And Diamonds Author:Pierre Louis Maupertuis
“I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.” EnjoyFashionGoldDiamond Author:Jill Scott
“When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?” PeopleIfsSelfEnoughShowsBodyEyeWantedPastFormCertainEnjoyDarkSpaceBehindsBoysSawsMinesMouthsShadowGoldTheaterBonesArchitectureCollectionsSelectionFillingMasqueradeNew SelfJosie Author:Janet Fitch
“A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.” MenEnjoyRichGoldRichesAssCarrieThistles Author:Richard Burton
“The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity.’ The child enjoys his cold meat, otherwise dull to him, by pretending it is buffalo, just killed with his own bow and arrow. And the child is wise. The real meat comes back to him more savory for having been dipped in a story…by putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it.” KnowsChildrenHas BeensRealStoriesRealityValuesEnjoyRichWiseColdGoldHorseMythBreadMeatApplesDullSignificancePretendingBowsRetreatVeilsArrowsFamiliarityBuffaloSavoryBows And Arrows Book:Image and Imagination Source: Image and Imagination
“Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth a thousand times as fair Beset with gold and jewels rare She yet were far too poor to be A narrow cradle, Lord, for Thee.” HeartEarthEnjoyPoorLordThousandFairsGoldChristmasTheeEach DayHolidayJewelsCradleRibbonsOpen Your Heart Author:Martin Luther
“Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.” FunnyTogetherThreeCoursesEnjoyFourIdealsGoldGolfGolf Course Author:Bob Hope
“I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the Davis Cup. So I said to myself: 'Why don't you try another year and see if you can enjoy your tennis like you did once?' And I've been doing it.” IfsTryingYearsSaidWinningEnjoyLike YouGoldCupsTennisAccomplishedMedalAustralianGold MedalsAnother Year Author:Yevgeny Kafelnikov