Pierre de BoisguilbertThinkers

Gold (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠silver were made into idols, to which more goods, precious needs and even men have been sacrificed than blind antiquity ever offered its false gods.