I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Henry David Thoreau
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When we hear that gold can make things shiny and happy, we think it is the stuff of fairy tales. But as we see in this quote, it is not. Gold can be used as a marker to measure the value of various things. It is as malleable as wit and as important as wisdom. More than anything else, gold has the ability to mark and measure.

Source: Life Without Principle

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