Gold

Gold

Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. It is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79.

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Famous quotes containing the word gold:

    “That is coupled to foul thraldom.
    But if he had assayed it,
    Then all perquer he should it wit;
    And should think freedom more to prize
    Than all the gold in world that is.”
    —John Barbour (1316?–1395)

    “All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    “In the gold mouth of a flower
    the black smell of spring earth.
    No more skulls on our desks
    but the pervasive
    testing of death....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)