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“We have lost the old love of work, of work which kept itself company, which was fair weather and music in the heart, which found its reward in the doing, craving neither the flattery of vulgar eyes nor the gold of vulgar men.”

Men Heart Eye Found Lost Company Fairs Gold Rewards Weather Vulgar Flattery Craving Old Love

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

“All earthly suns have their spots: the fair world itself has its wilderness. We cannot love the whole of most lovely things: but Christ Jesus is gold without alloy-light without darkness- glory without cloud. 'Yea, He is altogether lovely.'”

World Whole Light Jesus Christ Darkness Sun Focus Glory Fairs Gold Clouds Lovely Spots Wilderness Lovely Things

Book:Morning and Evening

Source: Morning and Evening

“So, in our wisdom and fair justice we go on - "Giving to dust that is a little gilt, More laud than gold e'er dusted;" proclaiming the merits of the bad wine, and making it, by every token, as enticing as we can; and blessing our stars that the good will be found out by its flavor "without our stir." As it is inestimable, we seek not to win esteem for it; as it is beyond all praise, we bestow no praises upon it.”

Giving Littles Found Winning Stars Justice Goes On Blessing Fairs Gold Praise Wine Esteem Dust Merit Flavor Good Will Tokens Proclaiming Enticing

Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard

“Your peaks are beautiful, ye Apennines! In the soft light of these serenest skies; From the broad highland region, black with pines, Fair as the hills of Paradise they rise, Bathed in the tint Peruvian slaves behold In rosy flushes on the virgin gold.”

Light Beautiful Black Sky Fairs Gold Slave Hills Paradise Regions Broads Virgins Rosy Peruvians

Author:William C. Bryant

“To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No--all that's worth a wish--a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind.”

Giving Mind Heaven Wish Hours Wealth Love Is Pleasure Views Virtue Fairs Gold Cease Mortals Remove Trash

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq

“At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.”

Thinking Book Young Morning Particular Six Fairs Gold Fellows Tall July Caps Spectacles Petunias

Author:Edmond Francois Valentin About

“Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies backed by nothing, it is equally fair to say that gold is a faith-based metal. It pays no dividend, cannot be eaten, and is mostly used for nothing more useful than jewelry. I would say that anything of which 75% sits idly and expensively in bank vaults is, as a measure of value, only one step up from the Polynesian islands that attached value to certain well-known large rocks that were traded.”

Wells Used Certain Values Asks Pay Known Steps Rocks Paper Fairs Gold Irony Islands Grants Have Faith Metals Currency Well Known Jewelry Step Up Dividends Vaults Faith Based Polynesians

Author:Jeremy Grantham

“Love is Enough Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though the skies be too dark for dim eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter: The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.”

Source: Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough

“Arthur, with his keen blue eyes and hair of burnished gold, his ready smile and guileless countenance. Wide and heavy of shoulder, long of limb, he towers above other men and, though he does not yet know the power of his stature, he is aware that smaller men become uneasy near him. He is handsomely knit in all; fair to look upon.”

Knows Men Looks Long Doe Eye Ready Hair Fairs Gold Blue Heavy Wide Shoulders Towers Limbs Blue Eyes Countenance Arthur Uneasy Stature

Author:Stephen R. Lawhead

“The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.”

Source: The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

“IAGO: She that was ever fair and never proud, Had tongue at will and yet was never loud, Never lack'd gold and yet went never gay, Fled from her wish and yet said 'Now I may,' She that being anger'd, her revenge being nigh, Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly, She that in wisdom never was so frail To change the cod's head for the salmon's tail; She that could think and ne'er disclose her mind, See suitors following and not look behind, She was a wight, if ever such wight were,-- DESDEMONA: To do what? IAGO: To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Looks May Said Wish Behinds Fool Proud Gay Fairs Gold Following Revenge Tongue Beer Loud Tails Frail Salmon Chronicles Displeasure Suitors Desdemona

Author:William Shakespeare

“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.”

Heart Earth Enjoy Poor Lord Thousand Fairs Gold Christmas Thee Each Day Holiday Jewels Cradle Ribbons Open Your Heart

Author:Martin Luther