Quote#Money & Wealth
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a…
Quote byThomas More · 1478–1535
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Utopia (1516), Ch. 6 : Of the Travelling of the Utopians.
English (original)
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
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