
On the Roman Catholic Church
The New York Times interview (2005)
On the Roman Catholic Church
The New York Times interview (2005)
Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
“Gold is precious because it resembles the sun. Silver has the light of the moon.”
the blind man at the Ölfus River
Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) (1946), Part I: Iceland's Bell
“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”
Œdipus, Frag. 546
“And silver, though few people knew it, was a rarer metal than gold.”
Source: The Course of True Love [and First Dates]
“Throw not my words away, as many do;
They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.”
"The Cross Roads; or, The Haymaker's Story"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate”