/lit/ - Literature

>>15783486
Why would you want them for? Not judging, simply interested.

>>15783638
Because there are so many for gold, and yet I can't think of any precisely silver quotes other than from the Bible.

>>15783647
Silver has always been gold's little brother, unfortunately. It has been an object of my fascination as well, but I haven't read anything about it that aims to go beyond the surface. I have pic related coming in the mail, but I don't know if your interest is historical, economical, or even literary to rec you anything, I feel.

>>15783700
I prefer poetic but I will accept nonfic. I'd even resort to a dictionary quotation, but that's a tad too easy and artless.

>>15783718
Sorry anon, still no clue. I'll bump and keep an eye on this thread since I'd certainly like to read more about it, I hope someone more knowledgeable comes along. All I can say is maybe look into silver's rich history and to the perceptions we've always held regarding it — namely as a counterpoint to gold, its lunar conotations, etc.

>>15783647
The interesting thing is that gold is not very useful, silver has far more uses, only slightly more abundant, but considerably cheaper.

>>15783486
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Silver

>>15783486
Hi.
I come from /biz/.
It's said that JP Morgan himself once said: "Gold and Silver are money. Everything else is credit".

>>15783839
This is what I mean. It's brought up alongside gold, and usually overshadowed that way, or brought in a way that negates it or doesn't reflect on the properties of silver. Wikiquotes shit once again.

FORMERLY WELL-TO-DO

>>15783870
Here you go anon, every single quote from that page that doesn't have any mention of gold or that negate silver's own properties. No need to thank me :^)

It is silver that can pride itself as the overlay of the gods.
~Debate between the Date Palm and the Tamarisk

After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.
~Isaac D'Israeli

First of all the Georgian Silver goes, and then all that nice furniture that used to be in the salon. Then the Canalettos go.
~Harold Macmillan

If a man bring to London an ounce of Silver out of the Earth in Peru in the same time that he can produce a bushel of Corn, then one is the natural price of the other.
~Sir William Petty

Hi-ho, Silver, away!
~The Lone Ranger

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver.
~Solomon

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
~Book of Zechariah 11:12, KJV

The sayings of the Lord are pure; they are like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
~David, in Book of Psalms 12:6, KJV

>>15783920
>It is silver that can pride itself as the overlay of the gods.
why. this isnt particularly insightful. could say the same thing about any other precious metal. gods have been represented in bronze more often.

>After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.
~Isaac D'Israeli
>golden age
you're stupid and i hate you

the rest are even gayer

>>15783938
>even gayer
You're the gay one here, you ungrateful sack of shit.

>>15783982
keep your garbage taste to yourself you parasitic little pseud. you cant even call your crap nickel, it's rotting diaper tier crap.

>>15783865
based.

>And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

>>15784004
lmao

>>15784004
I was trying to help you, pathetic faggot. A simple "I'm not a fan of those quotes, thanks though" would have sufficed. Go fuck yourself, saged

>>15784071
you're not nearly qualified to help you stupid autist. just don't post if you don't know about literature and honestly think detritus is worthy of note.

>>15784122
God almighty you're an insufferable cunt. I bet you spent hundreds of thousands on a worthless Ph.D or some shit and you're a Starbucks barista. Go drown your first world-ass sorrows in another bottle of wine.

>>15784169
are you going to post decent silver quotes or not

>>15784180
Silver is a nice metal for coinage. A gram of silver is worth more than OP's life.
~Anonymous

>>15784195
try yourself dumb autist

>>15784247
>try yourself

Proof lits full of pseuds and autists who don't know things and only bitch.

>>15784294
>makes a thread about an esoteric topic when he would have been better off asking /wsr/
>doesn't get an answer in 2 hours, even though /lit/ is a slow board
>whines

>>15784335
>silver is esoteric
i've gotten answers faster for even rarer topics
you're stupid and deserved going to free schools

>>15784367
>you're stupid and deserved going to free schools
You can't even write a coherent fucking sentence to save your life.

>>15784394
>ignored
>keeps responding with low tier shit

>>15784367
Anon, every cloud has its silver lining.

At this point anon, I feel like an asshole for derailing your thread. I take back all the stuff I said about you. Here's a bump.

Also, if you like silver, look into coin collecting. Here's a great database of coins if you're interested.
https://en.numista.com

>>15784448
i found that quote a while back. its fine, but a bit housewifey and leaves much to be desired. ]

>>15784781
based numismatic chad

Bump