“Once, when the days were ages, And the old Earth was young, The high gods and the sages From Nature's golden pages Her open secrets wrung.” AgeEarthYoungNatureSecretPagesGoldenSage Author:Richard Henry Stoddard
“When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do it in such a way that they won't think you want them to vote for you just because you need the money. They need the money, and besides, they can think up other reasons if they try.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingReasonSecretVoteGoldenVotersMilk Author:Gracie Allen
“In the condition of men, it frequently happens that grief and anxiety lie hid under the golden robes of prosperity; and the gloom of calamity is cheered by secret radiations of hope and comfort; as in the works of nature, the bog is sometimes covered with flowers, and the mine concealed in the barren crags.” MenSometimesHappensLyingGriefSecretConditionsMinesFlowerComfortAnxietyProsperityAppearanceGoldenCoveredRadiationCalamityConcealedGloomBarrenRobesBogs Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
“Love's secrets, being mysteries, ever pertain to the transcendent and the infinite; and so they are as airy bridges, by which ourfurther shadows pass over into the regions of the golden mists and exhalations; whence all poetical, lovely thoughts are engendered, and drop into us, as though pearls should drop from rainbows.” LoveShouldSecretMysteryShadowInfiniteLovelyGoldenBridgesRegionsRainbowPearlsMistTranscendentAiry Book:Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
“Better known as the Secret of the Golden Flower, this is a famous neidan text that the Western world came to know through Richard Wilhelm's 1929 translation. The Chinese text used by Wilhelm was edited by Zhanran Huizhen zi in 1921. Besides this, at least five more versions are available, all of which date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and are ascribed to Lu Dongbin, who revealed them through spirit writing.” KnowsWorldWritingUsedSpiritSecretKnownFiveFlowerLateWesternAvailableVersionsGoldenChineseTranslationsWestern WorldEditedDynasty Author:Monica Esposito