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Quotes of the Day for 17 May 2005 - Treasure

I decided to take it easy tonight and watched a movie, National Treasure. So now it's late and I'm feeling lazy, so here are some comments on treasure somewhat more likely than the one Nicholas Cage was seeking in the film.

A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure. Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend and no weight of gold and silver is able to countervail the goodness of his fidelity.
     - Ecclesiasticus 6:14-15

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure...
     - Emma Goldman, 1869 - 1940

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
     - Henry Miller, 1891 - 1980

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
     - Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.
     - Augustine of Hippo, 354 - 430

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging urge to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
     - Mark Twain, 1835 - 1910

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