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For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class. – Hans Konig	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate. – Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Every silver lining has a touch of grey. – Jerry Garcia	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver. – Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Beauty is a form of genius--is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver. – Kahlil Gibran	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks. – John Donne	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The shades of night were falling fast,As though an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,ExcelsiorHis brow was sad his eye beneath,Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,And like a silver clarion rungThe accents of that unknown tongue,Excelsior – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. – Benjamin Franklin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world. – Euripides	added by anonymous 14 years ago
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind oppress, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. – Miguel de Cervantes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back. – Edgar Lee Masters	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. – Maurice Setter	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Every crowd has a silver lining. – Phineas Taylor Barnum	added by anonymous 14 years ago
You never win the silver. You only lose the gold. – Shahrukh Khan	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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