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“The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.”

Men Earth Values Given Parent Water Opinion Gold Contrary Useless Vain Best Things Abundance Folly Silver Scarcity All The Best Gold And Silver

Book:Utopia: On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia

Source: Utopia: On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia

“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”

Men Littles Wisdom Differences Knowledge Rich Wise Gold Useless Falsehood Truth And Falsehood Useless Knowledge

Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty is no more than the beauty of gold, which is to say false and cold and useless.”

Values Cold Creatures Ethics Capitalism Gold Useless Propriety Hypocritical Ragtime

Book:Ragtime, The March, and Homer & Langley: Three Bestselling Novels

Source: Ragtime, The March, and Homer & Langley: Three Bestselling Novels

“But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.”

People Made Felt Class Stupid Gold Useless Hated Association Armor Traitor Decoration Helmet Pun Ornamentation Sam Vimes

Author:Terry Pratchett

“They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.”

Men Should Made Values Justice Wonder Diversity Gold Social Justice Useless

Book:Utopia

Source: Utopia

“Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.”

World Should Humans Important Values Human Beings Gold Useless Substance Convenience

Author:Thomas More