#treasures

Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

#bent #claimed #deceived #dupes #men

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. ↗

— Johannes Kepler

#fresh #great #heavens #hidden #human

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. ↗

— Lope de Vega

#profits #treasures

Some people in your life Touch you so very deeply That you drown totally in that depth. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#deceiving #deception #emotional-pain #treasuresure #life

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. ↗

— James Madison

#burdens #declared #fruits #government #instead

Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art. ↗

— Clara Schumann

#got #instrumental #longer #treasures

On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for anything. They'd been left to her mother by an elderly aunt, and she was proud of them because they looked nice but were completely useless. There was little room on the farm for useless things that looked nice, so they were treasured. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#useless #men

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. ↗

— Simone Weil

#civilized #destroy #enslave #europe #european

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself. ↗

— Marjorie Holmes

#gold #himself #his #man #solid

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#been #cash #church #down #heaven