Seneca the Younger Quotes About Gold
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
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It is remarkable that Providence has given us all things for our advantage near at hand; but iron, gold, and silver, being both the instruments of blood and slaughter and the price of it, nature has hidden in the bowels of the earth.
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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
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Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.
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