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If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That__ the way it always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.
Conn Iggulden Khan: Empire of Silver
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If a man has gold, he lives with the terror that someone will take it away from him, so he builds walls around it. Then everyone knows where the gold is, so they come and take it. That__ the way it always goes, brother. Fools and gold, together.
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