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Quotation from Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

“Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Timon)

Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1536 (modern spelling))

Timon, digging for roots, finds treasure and begins his famous speech on gold as the power that turns black to white and wrong to right.

Citation: "Gold? Yellow, glittering, precious gold" — William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1536 (modern spelling)). (id timon-of-athens-q9)

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