“Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.”
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Queer Feet
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
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“The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.”
H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer
Source: Little Essays of Love and Virtue http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15687/15687-h/15687-h.htm (1922), Ch. 3
“Your skull in gold will be more valuable than others, being solid all through.”
Tim Powers book Declare
Source: Declare (2001), Chapter 12 (p. 345)
Walter Rodney book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
as in Western Europe
Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 106.
“And silver, though few people knew it, was a rarer metal than gold.”
Cassandra Clare (1973) American author
Source: The Course of True Love [and First Dates]
“Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Zion Train
Uprising (1979)
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
“Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up”
Noel Gallagher (1967) British musician
Bag it Up
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