Line #7 Quotes/DragonHoard


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3	[[AC:Literature]]
4	->"I understand [dragons] have a liking for gold," [said Wonse].\
5	"Really? What do they spend it on?" [said the Patrician].\
6	"They sleep on it, my lord."\
7	"What, do you mean in a mattress?"\
8	"No, my lord. On ''it''."\
9	The Patrician turned this fact over in his mind. "Don't they find it rather knobbly?" he said.
10	-->-- ''Literature/GuardsGuards''
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12	->"What profit do you derive from this toil, or what is the reward, so great that you should be deprived of sleep, and pass your life in darkness?" [the fox asked.] \
13	"None at all," replied the [dragon]; "but this task has been assigned me by supreme Jove." \
14	"Then you neither take anything for yourself, nor give to another?" \
15	"Such is the will of the Fates." \
16	"Don’t be angry then, if I say frankly: the man is born under the displeasure of the Gods who is like you."
17	-->-- "The Fox and the Dragon", Phaedrus' ''Fables'' (book IV)
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19	->''"Dragons steal gold and jewels, you know, from men and elves and dwarves, wherever they can find them; and they guard their plunder as long as they live (which is practically forever, unless they are killed), and never enjoy a brass ring of it."''
20	-->-- '''Thorin Oakenshield''', ''Literature/TheHobbit''
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22	->''There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; a thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems and jewels, and silver red-stained in the ruddy light.\
23	Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat, turned partly on one side, so that the hobbit could see his underparts and his long pale belly crusted with gems and fragments of gold from his long lying on his costly bed. Behind him where the walls were nearest could dimly be seen coats of mail, helms and axes, swords and spears hanging; and there in rows stood great jars and vessels filled with a wealth that could not be guessed.\
24	To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. Bilbo had heard tell and sing of dragon-hoards before, but the splendour, the lust, the glory of such treasure had never yet come home to him. His heart was filled and pierced with enchantment and with the desire of dwarves; and he gazed motionless, almost forgetting the frightful guardian, at the gold beyond price and count.''
25	-->-- ''Literature/TheHobbit''
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27	->''Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession.''
28	-->-- ''Literature/TheHobbit''
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30	->''This hill encircled by the sea is the home of a dragon, guardian doubtless of some rich treasure that lies hidden under the earth. This creature is said to be devoted to gold and whatever golden thing it sees it loves and cherishes; thus the fleece in Colchis and the apples of the Hesperides, since they seemed to be of gold, two dragons that never slept guarded and claimed as their own.''
31	-->-- Philostratus: ''Images'' (book II, ch. 17)
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33	[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
34	->''"Dragons lust for treasure because, at heart, they are nothing more than large, reptilian jackdaws."''
35	-->-- '''Alrod Duart, sage''', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons''
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37	->''"A dragon collects treasure mainly for its beauty -- you don't think there can be too much beauty, do you? Besides, some treasure is very good eating."''
38	-->-- '''Kacdaninymila, gold dragon''', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons''
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40	->The Dragon's Hoard -- ''the very words conjure up an image of mythical treasures and fabulous wealth. The chinking mounds of coins, pigeon's blood rubies and pale red diamonds, ancient magical swords, and careless piles of baubles and antiques are surely worth an emperor's ransom -- and there for the taking, of course, if it was not for the dragon. The creatures love their collections, gathering riches around themselves to serve as bedding.''
41	-->--''TabletopGame/GURPSDragons''
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43	->''"Dragons collect treasure to acquire a mate. The greater the size of their hoard, the better a given Dragon's prospects are for attracting a breeding partner. Large hoards are typically gained either through might of arms or earned. Yes, I did say earned. It is true that many Dragons seized their hoard through brute strength, most often stealing it from our people, but long ago the Dragons were our friends and allies. They helped carved out some of our halls and helped the Rune Smiths forge a number of the Master Runes, and in exchange we crafted treasures of surpassing beauty that were pleasing to their kind."''
44	-->-- '''Ulther Harginsson, Dwarf Loremaster''', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay: Old World Bestiary -- A Compendium of Creatures Fair and Foul''
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46	[[AC:Video Games]]
47	->''"All that glitters may not be gold... but all that glitters is still mine!"''
48	-->-- '''Whitemoon, Frost Dragon''', ''VideoGame/ForTheKing''
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