Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
Truth is life's most precious commodity.
Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
Growth is a stupid goal. So, by the way, is no-growth.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
Sometimes, we use the term 'growth' as a number and sometimes as an abstraction, but the underlying implication is always that, if the country grows at a certain rate, at the end there will be a pot of gold for everyone.