“This is truly the age of gold,
since only gold wins and gold reigns.”
Veramente il secol d'oro è questo,
Poiché sol vince l'oro, e regna l'oro.
Act II, scene i.
Aminta (1573)
““Gold,” says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.”
— Dan Simmons, book The Fall of Hyperion
Source: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 35 (p. 316)
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