Sayings about Gold
He fishes well who uses a golden hook. ~ Latin Proverb
A second woman has golden thighs. ~ German Proverb
Don’t take a golden sword to cut a radish. ~ Japanese Proverb
Gold is where you find it. ~ American Proverb
Though a cage may be made of gold, it is still a cage. ~ Mexican Proverb
A good cat does not need a collar of gold. ~ Japanese Proverb
He who would make a golden door must add a nail to it daily. ~ German Proverb
Not all that glitters is gold; not all that is sticky is tar. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg. ~ Traditional Proverb
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold. ~ Traditional Proverb
Where gold speaks every tongue is silent. ~ Italian Proverb
Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends. ~ Chinese Proverb
The golden age never was the present age. ~ English Proverb
Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open. ~ Russian Proverb
Manure is the farmer’s gold. ~ Estonian Proverb
Better a friend at court than gold on the finger. ~ Welsh Proverb
Love kills with golden arrows. ~ Spanish Proverb
The castle gates will always open for gold-laden donkeys. ~ Russian Proverb
Real gold is not afraid of the melting pot. ~ Chinese Proverb
A golden handshake convinces even the most skeptical judge. ~ Russian Proverb
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls. ~ American Proverb
Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold. ~ Tibetan Proverb
A sin of gold is followed by a punishment of lead. ~ Russian Proverb
Fish bite best on a golden hook. ~ Norwegian Proverb
The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue. ~ Malawian Proverb
The rubbish we speak is like froth on the water, actions are drops of gold. ~ Tibetan Proverb
A girl with a golden cradle doesn’t remain long in her father’s house. ~ Armenian Proverb
Don’t put gold buttons on a torn coat. ~ Albanian Proverb
Golden hands, but a wicked mouth. ~ Russian Proverb
Even a fool knows the glow of gold. ~ Japanese Proverb
Gold has its price; learning is beyond price. ~ Chinese Proverb
Better a drop of wisdom than an ocean of gold. ~ Greek Proverb
Learning is a golden urn that can never be stolen. ~ Mannar Proverb
There isn’t a sword that would cut off a golden hand. ~ Turkish Proverb
Not to mention the truth is hiding gold. ~ Greek Proverb
The lack of gold only a headache. ~ Iranian Proverb
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold. ~ Romanian Proverb
The morning hour has gold in its mouth. ~ German Proverb
Many who have gold in the house are looking for copper outside. ~ Russian Proverb
If you are sick, think about your life; if you are better, think about your gold. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
Gold’s father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A golden key will open every lock. ~ Yiddish Proverb
They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove they are right. ~ Dutch Proverb
Eloquence avails nothing against the voice of gold. ~ Latin Proverb
A good reputation is better than a golden girdle. ~ Serbian Proverb
What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you. ~ Swiss Proverb
A golden plate is worth nothing to me when my blood is spilled on it. ~ Georgian Proverb
Gold is a debt we can repay, but kindness not till our dying day. ~ Malawian Proverb
When gold speaks, everything else is silent. ~ Russian Proverb
Earth is dearer than gold. ~ Estonian Proverb
An iron peace is better than a golden war. ~ Polish Proverb
The bride who brings a golden throne will sit on it herself. ~ Turkish Proverb
The streets of London are paved with gold. ~ Traditional Proverb
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A mother is gold, a father is a mirror. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Peace and tranquillity are a thousand gold pieces. ~ Chinese Proverb
A gold ring does not cure a felon. ~ Traditional Proverb
Rich people eat gold and shit lead. ~ French Proverb
A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow. ~ Japanese Proverb
Golden dishes will never turn black. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Gold is the devil’s fishhook. ~ Italian Proverb
The miser does not own the gold, it is the gold that owns the miser. ~ Chinese Proverb
Love can turn a cottage into a golden palace. ~ German Proverb
Gold without wisdom is but clay. ~ Slovak Proverb
Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy. ~ Norwegian Proverbs
The devil catches most souls in a golden net. ~ German Proverbs
A wooden bed is better than a golden coffin. ~ Russian Proverbs
In a house of gold the clocks are of lead. ~ Swiss Proverbs
A golden cage does not feed the bird. ~ Italian Proverbs
Little thieves have iron chains; big thieves have gold ones. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Better to have a friend on the road than gold and silver in your purse. ~ French Proverb
A mule laden with gold is welcome at every castle. ~ Armenian Proverb
Better your own copper than another man’s gold. ~ Georgian Proverb
A donkey decked in gold is better than an over-laden horse. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Quotations about Gold
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired. ~ Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotent. ~ Publilius Syrus
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Gold is the fool’s curtain, which hides all his defects from the world. ~ Owen Felltham (Feltham)
Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine. ~ Rumi
The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Whose gold is double with a careful hand, his cares are double. ~ Francis Quarles
Poor is the man who can boast of nothing more than gold. ~ William Scott Downey
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. ~ Dan Gable
Gold–what can it not do, and undo? ~ William Shakespeare Quotes
Gold often commends the unworthy. ~ Edward Counsel
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. ~ Democritus
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ~ Antoine de Rivarol
Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold. ~ John Milton
To what do you not drive human hearts, cursed for craving gold! ~ Ariana Franklin
The plague of gold strikes far and near. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold. ~ Aristotle Quotes
Labour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. ~ Adam Smith
Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, all earthly things but virtue. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
A mask of gold hides all deformities. ~ Thomas Dekker
Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls. ~ Austin O’Malley
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise. ~ Christopher Columbus
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith. ~ Confucius Quotes
Gold is, in its last analysis, the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave. ~ Joseph Napoleon
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. ~ John Burroughs
The dead spend no gold. ~ Roy Thomas & Clara Noto
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Because its blessings are abused, must gold be censured, cursed, accused? ~ John Gay
Love is the only gold. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Gold gathers more than a shovel. ~ Edward Counsel
Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning’s bolt. ~ Horace
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. ~ Plato
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart. ~ Thomas Fuller
If all were rich, gold would be penniless. ~ Philip James Bailey
