Quote#Money & Wealth
Though with those streams he no resemblance hold
Quote byJohn Denham · 1615–1669
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Cooper's Hill (1642), line 165.
English (original)
Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.
— John Denham
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