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“For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor.”

Gold Farmers Merchants

Book:The Songs and Ballads of Robert Burns: Including Ten Never Before Published

Source: The Songs and Ballads of Robert Burns: Including Ten Never Before Published

“There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries, and by all nations; it is the philosopher's stone, that turns all metals, and even stones, into gold, and suffers not want to break into its dwelling; it is the northwest passage, that brings the merchant's ships as soon to him as he can desire: in a word, it conquers all enemies, and makes fortune itself pay contribution.”

“All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”

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Book:The Merchant of Venice

Source: The Merchant of Venice

“All that glitters is not gold.”

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Book:Shakespeare's Premiere of Richard III

Source: Shakespeare's Premiere of Richard III

“Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.”

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Book:The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Illustrated)

Source: The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Illustrated)

“Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.”

People Needs Two Lord Land Gold Chains Silver Iron Links Farmers Metals Steel Knights Merchants Tin Bronze Copper

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“All that glisters is not gold.”

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