Silver

for the color Silver (color) thumb|Silver. Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin la argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ: "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. Quotes Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat.–Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all others she sets us devote;They with the gold to give doled him our silver,So much was theirs who so little allowed. Robert Browning In Dramatic Romances and Lyrics,'The Lost Leader'. Quoted in: Janyce Marson William Wordsworth, Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 15 It is silver that can pride itself as the overlay of the gods. Debate between the Date Palm and the Tamarisk (mid to late 3rd millennium BCE). It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Mahatma Gandhi in:Spiritual Wealth Management: The Abundance Bible and Prosperity Manifesto, Balboa Press, 1 September 2012, p. 114 The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran in:The Khalil Gibran Megapack: 43 Classic Works, Wildside Press LLC, 10 November 2013, p. 132 After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron. Isaac D'Israeli, in The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795-1822), Ch. III For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther in: Jr. William F. Rountree Tree,Koehler Books, 2011, p. 10 right|thumb|Georgian silver coin - 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. 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 in Children of Light: How Electricity Changed Britain Forever, Gavin Weightman, Atlantic Books Ltd, 1 January 2011, p. 234 Speech by Lord Stockton at the Riyal Overseas Club, as a criticism of privatization and the selling of profitable state- owned enterprises. 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 in: John Ramsay McCulloch The Literature of Political Economy: A Classified Catalogue of Select Publications in the Different Departments of that Science, with Historical, Critical and Biographical Notices:Treatise ofTaxes and Cintributions, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1845, p. 318 Hi-ho, Silver, away! Catchphrase of 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’s wise sayings in:The Moravian magazine, a monthly journal of the Church of the United brethren, 1854, p. 23 Bible The Bible on Wikisource. Silver and gold have In one; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. Acts of the Apostles 3:6, KJV. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Book of Proverbs 25:11-13, KJV. 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. External links Category:Chemical elements Category:Minerals Category:Wealth