Sayings about Silver
Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory. ~ Greek Proverbs
Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won’t see his face. ~ Russian Proverb
When you go to buy, don’t show your silver. ~ Chinese Proverb
A silver hammer can open an iron gate. ~ Basque Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining. ~ Traditional Proverb
All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver. ~ Finnish Proverbs
Talking is silver, silence is golden. ~ Hebrew Proverb
He who sleeps in a silver bed has golden dreams. ~ German Proverb
The spirit of women is made of quicksilver; their heart of wax. ~ Chinese Proverb
A woman is like the moon-some nights it is silver others gold. ~ Armenian Proverbs
Brandy is as lead in the morning, silver at noon, and gold at night. ~ German Proverbs
Speech is silver; silence is golden. ~ Swiss Proverbs
Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won’t see his face. ~ Russian Proverbs
Quotations about Silver
Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money. ~ Alfred Marshall
Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. ~ Paracelsus
Every silver lining has a cloud. ~ Mary Kay Ash
You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food. ~ Paul Prudhomme
More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure. ~ Cecil Beaton
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, – the River of Heaven, – the Silver Stream. ~ Lafcadio Hearn
A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man’s success. ~ Kailash Kher
Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life. ~ Chandra Wilson
To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed. ~ Brian Harris
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. ~ Euripides
I’ve never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I’ve felt like howling at the moon a lot of times! ~ Van Morrison
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~ Martin Luther
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness. ~ Bryant H. McGill
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. ~ Richard M. Nixon
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. ~ Don Marquis
As a precious metal, silver is also money. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
God doesn’t seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. ~ Dwight L. Moody
Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation’s standing worldwide… and our teachers know that. ~ Solomon Ortiz
Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else’s religion, but he’ll accept his gold. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration. ~ David Ricardo
Silver is used in the electronics industry and is consumed daily; stock piles of silver are dwindling. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. ~ David Ricardo
The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way. ~ James Montgomery