#silver

She [Pansy] pushed in next to Poppy so that she could see him around the guard's elbow. She was as tall as Poppy, with shining dark-brown hair and blue eyes. An utterly lovely girl, as all the princesses were, yet Oliver thought Petunia was far more beautiful. ↗

— Jessica Day George

#jessica-day-george #oliver #petunia #princess-of-the-silver-woods #romance

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#lands #longer #may #moon #nothing

I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#antique #auction #beautiful #bought #i

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#comforts #goes #gold #guinea #high

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. ↗

— Don Marquis

#cloud #difficult #every #get #lining

Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#clothes #godmother #gold #her #into

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#gilt #many #neither #nor #properly

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#eat #fork #good #good food #need

I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before and he went on to win silver. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#beaten #before #beijing #chance #good

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current. ↗