17th century proverb
Misattributed
“Words are like coin—it pays to hoard."
"Until you die on a bed of gold," Paran said.”
Source: Gardens of the Moon
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“Are you truly living life or just paying bills until you die?”
Future Proofing You (2021)
“Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold.”
Forge of Darkness (2013)
Context: Wealth,' they said, 'is a false measure. Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold. Only fools build a fortress of wealth. Only fools would live in it and imagine themselves safe.
Slaying the Dragon Within Us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REjUkEj1O_0
Other
“Aye, you white dog, you are like all your race; but to a black man gold can never pay for blood.”
A former chief of Abombi to Conan
"The Scarlet Citadel" (1933)
“Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?”
“She pays him in his own coin.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 3
“5214. To pay one in ones own Coin.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)