"The Crowned One"
Artist | Traditional Art

IntroDUCKtion

All that glitters is not gold,
That is what I have been told.
I've often wondered about that
And if, indeed, it is a fact.

I'm not convinced; I still don't know
But I can't just accept: "I told you so."
Glitter surely catches the eye
Of many of those passing by.

Whether glitter is gold, is really moot.
It suits some as a substitute.
It can cheer us up when we are sad,
Surely that is good and can't be bad.

Glitter had something...I can't explain,
It made it all seem like a game.
It attracted me like a newly minted dime,
Causing my path to turn slippery with slime.

A little glitter, I thought, does not harm.
It's really no cause for alarm.
Sometimes we need what it provides;
Brightness and beauty in our lives.

At last I've now reached a final conclusion,
That glitter is really a kind of illusion.
Glitter is not gold, I'll have to agree,
But it's not without value if it pleases me.

Still, a word of warning may be due;
Just don't let glitter overwhelm you.
Although gold might have fine things to offer,
It can not make your heart any softer!

Anonymous [revised by GlitteringGoldie]

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$crooge McDuck Quotes by the comics of Don Rosa and Carl Barks:

“I have a world-wide empire to run! I can’t just drop everything and fritter away time on nonsense!”
(Scrooge to Goldie after just being kissed by her on his golden jubilee.)

“Farewell, dear memories!”
(Scrooge standing before his shrinking money bin.)

“But I’ll show you how much I have left! I’ll show you youngsters and your lazy generation!”
(During the first meeting with Donald and the boys in the McDuck mansion.)

“They spend their lives building a meaningless collection that they only plan to someday sell...to a buyer who only plans to resell it! It’s all so silly!”
(Scrooge about coin collectors.)

“Gearloose! If I lose my umpteen fantasticatillions dollars because of your ineptitude, I’m deducting it from your fee!”
(Flying over Duckburg in the money bin.)

“But they’ll figure out some way to get my money! They’ll keep coming at me till they wear me out!”

“Searching for valuable meteors is a fresh challenge! It’s as close as I can get to the frontiers of the stars!”

“Shut up, nephew! Scrooge McDuck never surrenders, even infront of a certain end!”
(Scrooge to the boys while plummeting down to the centre of the earth.)

"The quality of your lives depends on what you make of them! The only limits to adventure are the limits of your imagination!"
(Scrooge McDuck, The Richest Duck in the World)
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Favourite cartoon characters: Scrooge McDuck, Goldie O'Gilt (obvious isn't it?)