Quotes About Treasure

Not one man has ever sacrificed for His Lord without richly being repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.

thrift shops make you a king for five bucks.

I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great treasure house of stories. I have been researching it since my infancy reading about it, talking to men and women who have spent their lives in this land, living it as I have and loving it as I do. I write almost entirely from my own experience.

But those set to guard a treasure, are too often those who loot it.

Ich finde... dass sich ein Buch gerade vorzugsweise zu einem freundschaftlichen Geschenk eignet, man liest es oft, man kehrt oft dazu zurück, man naht sich ihm aber nur in ausgewählten Momenten, braucht es nicht wie eine Tasse, ein Glas, einen Hausrat in jedem gleichgültigen Augenblick des Lebens und erinnert sich so immer des Freundes im Augenblick eines würdigen Genusses.

Few objects awaken as much as the book the feeling of absolute property. Fallen in our hands, the books become our slaves.

Az összeesküvés-gyártó akképpen hasonlítható a hivatásos történészhez, mint a kincsvadász a régészhez; ami az elÅ'bbieket illeti, lehetetlenség meggyÅ'zni Å'ket, hogy a dokumentumok között végzett sietÅ's feltárásaik csak hamis aranyat hoznak a felszínre. (Michael Billig)

five-hundred-gram gold ingots.

Fold me fast, O God-snake of Eden! ( Sing Eden Bower! ) What more prize than love to impel thee? Grip and lip my limbs as I tell thee! ... Lo! sweet Snake, the travail and treasure,---

But I treasure those nightmares. They're the only thing that's left of my life from before.

Pirate Frank. Walks the Plank.

I am without wealth , but the love i could give you is priceless

James Buckley Jr.

Cassius laughed, genuinely amused. "You truly are a fool, Priest." He shook his head. "A treasure … I've never heard it called that." "It represents life." "It represents death, Priest—it is death.

it should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.

What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen, anecdotes that were funny only because one remembered the fun. Did any emotion really matter when the last trace of it had vanished from human memory; and if that were so, what a crowd of emotions clung to him as to their last home before annihilation? He must be kind to them, must treasure them in his mind before their long sleep.

Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.

Tayos Gold: The Archives of Atlantis by Stan Hall

The Holy Scrinium was the private library of the popes, said to contain amazing volumes, both religious and otherwise, dating back to the founding of Christendom.

For you, perhaps. Tell me, how many more of those pretty baubles have you purloined since then?

My dear Gaultier,' said Lymond. 'It will send the Shadow of God into transports. I suppose I've seen objects more grisly before, but it doesn't spring to mind where.… Twenty-four-carat gold, Jerott. Look. And studded with rubies like fish-roes.' 'Yes. I think he'll be pleased,' said Georges Gaultier. For the first time satisfaction, animation and even cheerfulness rang in his voice. 'Sickening, isn't it?

Every ruin is packed like a biscuit box.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston