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Arthur Schopenhauer

"The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value."

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"The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value."

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"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

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"Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen."

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"The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal."

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"I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold."

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"If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world."

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