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Quotation from Utopia by Thomas More
“They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle materials; while they make their chamber-pots and close-stools of gold and silver”
Utopia, Book II, Of the Travelling of the Utopians, trans. Gilbert Burnet
How the Utopians keep gold and silver in contempt.
Citation: "They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle materials; while they make their chamber-pots and close-stools of gold and silver" — Thomas More, Utopia, Book II, Of the Travelling of the Utopians, trans. Gilbert Burnet. (id utopia-q6)
Portrait: Isola di Utopia Moro, Original uploader was Marcok at it.wikipedia, Public domain.
