Horace Quotes About Gold
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Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.
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Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]
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Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.
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Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.
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Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?
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