Quotation by

William Blake

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

William Blake

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William Blake is saying that a person who is greedy values money more highly than even the most magnificent natural things, like the sun. He also suggests that such a person finds a worn money bag more appealing than something naturally abundant and fruitful, like a grapevine.

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