They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be… — Thomas More
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
In the original Latin
Mirantur item aurum suapte natura tam inutile, nunc ubique gentium aestimari tanti, ut homo ipse per quem, atque adeo in cuius usum id pretii obtinuit, minoris multo quam aurum ipsum aestimetur.
Utopia · 1516
★ 5.3On the citizens of Utopia.
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More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.
Original citation
More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.