“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”
Œdipus, Frag. 546
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Euripidés 116
ancient Athenian playwright -480–-406 BCRelated quotes
Address at Illinois College (1881)
Context: Appearance too often takes the place of reality — the stamp of the coin is there, and the glitter of the gold, but, after all, it is but a worthless wash. Sham is carried into every department of life, and we are being corrupted by show and surface. We are too apt to judge people by what they have, rather than by what they are; we have too few Hamlets who are bold enough to proclaim, "I know not seem!"
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate”
“Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.”
“You never win the silver. You only lose the gold.”
From interview with Malavika Sangghvi
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter III, On the Rent of Mines, p. 47
“Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
Zion Train
Uprising (1979)
“He was all silver and ashes, not like Will's strong colors of blue and black and gold.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel
Speech in Baltimore (19 February 1994), quoted in New York Times (28 February 1994) "Islamic Figure In New Tirade Against Jews"