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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.


Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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LEO TOLSTOY Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not ...
LEO TOLSTOY Tragedy is like strong acid -- it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D. H. (DAVID HERBERT) LAWRENCE Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D. H. LAWRENCE Tragedy is like strong acid -- it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D.H. LAWRENCE Let fear once get possession of the soul, and it does not readily yield its place to another sentime...
LEO TOLSTOY But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy ...
TERRY PRATCHETT Gold is tested by fire, man by gold
CHINESE PROVERBS By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influence...
SEXTUS PROPERTIUS It is not all gold that glareth
GEOFFREY CHAUCER How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY True Love in this differs from gold and clay,/That to divide is not to take away.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferio...
LYSANDER SPOONER All is not gold that glisters.
GEORGE HERBERT All that glisters is not gold.
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) Not all that glitters is gold.
JHEB KRUEGER (JEFF) All is not gold that glisteneth
THOMAS MIDDLETON All that glitters is not gold.
PROVERB All that glisters is not gold,
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that glisters is not gold.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But what's worth more than gold?"

"Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heav...
TERRY PRATCHETT All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no...
J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at h...
BOB COSTAS Gold all is not that doth golden seem.
EDMUND SPENSER Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold
ALAIN DE LILLE And all is not golden that glitters, And not all that glitters is gold
ALOYSIUS CHARLES SWINBURNE Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but wh...
BIBLE All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is stro...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that...
HENRY HAZLITT Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.
ALAIN DE LILLE Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not b...
ADAM SMITH All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
JOHN DRYDEN Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A miser is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles all its life.
VIKRANT PARSAI All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN This merger is a leap for Gold Fields into the international arena that could not be achieved throug...
CHRIS THOMPSON All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenc...
SEXTUS PROPERTIUS Not sorry, not calling, not crying
All will pass like smoke of white apple trees
Seized by...
SERGEI YESENIN The coming of institutional investors in the gold market is certainly a boost to its development, bu...
CUI LIN Treat anger like gold. Spend it wisely or not at all.
GRANDFATHER Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity
SENECA Art is bad when ‘you see the intent and get put off.’ (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the ...
JOEL CARMICHAEL Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.
CARTER G. WOODSON Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.
ALANUS DE INSULUS (ALAIN DE L'ISLE) All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkein.
J.R.R. TOLKEIN Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, an...
ANON. Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, an...
ANONYMOUS All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But w...
SUZY KASSEM All is not gold that glitters,
Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters
OLIVER GOLDSMITH We certainly have not been helped by gold and oil prices.
MARSHALL FRONT Love is the only gold.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON All that is gold does not glitter Not all those who wander are lost The old who are strong do not wh...
LORD OF THE RINGS 'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail o...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES 'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail o...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Not all that glis...
THOMAS GRAY Pain Is Caused By Pleasure
SULLY ERNA Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackma...
JEAN COCTEAU Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackma...
JEAN COCTEAU A relationship that is truly genuine does not keep changing its colors. Real gold never rusts. If a ...
SUZY KASSEM You don't become a Christian by chance, God calls you because He already determined it. You really t...
NORM TOMLINSON A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't a...
P. J. O'ROURKE In a world of music where success is defined by gold or platinum, our friend Phil Walden was best de...
TOM JOHNSON 'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail o...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their...
LAUREN OLIVER All that glisters is not gold. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his o...
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold ...
HELEN HUNT JACKSON He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubbo...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Gold has intrinsic value. The problem with the dollar is it has no intrinsic value. And if the Feder...
PETER SCHIFF The truth and lies cannot be friend. They cannot stay to gather in you for life time.There is nothin...
DR. SHAILESH THAKER It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
MAHATMA GANDHI We have detected areas of the brain activated by deception and truth telling by using a method that ...
FEROZE B. MOHAMED That is gold which is worth gold.
GEORGE HERBERT gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold"
'Is there a chorus?'
"Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold".' ...
TERRY PRATCHETT No one is going to go short on gold in times like this. As gold is not linked to a government or a g...
DAVID GORNALL Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes / And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; / Nor all that glist...
THOMAS GRAY The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
CARLOS SANTANA All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth
ARISTOTLE Gold is loved so much by everybody at the moment, it is hard to say anything bad about it.
DAVID HOLMES Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured. ...
OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO) If you drop a gold coin in mud, it does not lose its value.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO It is important to realize that gold and silver are international commodities and that, therefore, w...
MURRAY ROTHBARD Renew your mind by washing it with truth: God's Word.
CRAIG GROESCHEL What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.
FRANCIS QUARLES All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told; Many a man his life hath sold; ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Life without hurdles and problems is like a gold which is not purified with fire.
DR. MATHIVANAN VELUMANI Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.
TIM CAHILL Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing
TIM CAHILL It all helps to fuel the fire. Gold would have bounced anyway, but maybe not so quickly.
PETER HILLYARD I'm not an Emontional, but how???
I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has...
DEYTH BANGER A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing by it.
MARK TWAIN From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

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LEO TOLSTOY Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wid...
LEO TOLSTOY Joy can only be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in...
LEO TOLSTOY Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom a...
LEO TOLSTOY The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.
LEO TOLSTOY How can one be well...when one suffers morally?
LEO TOLSTOY The Kingdom of God is within you.. and all beings.
LEO TOLSTOY It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he...
LEO TOLSTOY Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
LEO TOLSTOY But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.
LEO TOLSTOY Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
LEO TOLSTOY There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
LEO TOLSTOY The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
LEO TOLSTOY There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
LEO TOLSTOY War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within the...
LEO TOLSTOY The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffer...
LEO TOLSTOY It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOY Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
LEO TOLSTOY Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continue...
LEO TOLSTOY Boredom: the desire for desires.
LEO TOLSTOY If you want to be happy, be.
LEO TOLSTOY Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.
LEO TOLSTOY He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspecte...
LEO TOLSTOY Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else i...
LEO TOLSTOY Everything intelligent is so boring.
LEO TOLSTOY I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others tha...
LEO TOLSTOY Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
LEO TOLSTOY Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the histori...
LEO TOLSTOY A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he parti...
LEO TOLSTOY The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their app...
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