Golden key or Golden Key can mean:
- (in English translation) the Latin phrase clavis aurea, used metaphorically in literature
- Golden Key International Honour Society
- Les Clefs d'Or ("The Golden Keys"), a professional association of hotel concierges
- The Golden Key, a book by George MacDonald
- The Golden Key, a book by Don Shaw (screenwriter)
- A device used to uncover the wall of riddles in Omegle Chat
Famous quotes containing the words golden key, golden and/or key:
“The Maiden caught me in the Wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet
And Lock’d me up with a golden Key.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore
Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved
As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied
Subjection, but required with gentle sway,
And by her yielded, by him best received,
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.
Nor those mysterious parts were then concealed:
Then was not guilty shame: dishonest Shame
Of Nature’s works, Honour dishonourable.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“I cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind of key to character; and if her mouth is not puckered and her brow wrinkled, they will be, unless she repents.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)