Thomas More Quotes About Gold

Quotes about: Gold

• They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

  Thomas More

  Men, Justice, Diversity

  Thomas More (2010). “Utopia”, p.74, Bibliolis Books

• The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.

  Thomas More

  Men, Water, Parent

  Sir Thomas More (2009). “Utopia: On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia”, p.93, The Floating Press

• Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.

  Thomas More

  Important, Gold, Substance

• To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.

  Thomas More

  Gold, Use, May

  Thomas More (1997). “Utopia”, p.80, Wordsworth Editions

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