What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Asking if women dislike gold or cats dislike fish suggests desire for material value is universal.
- In plain terms
- People and animals both want valuable things.
- What can you take from it?
- Material desire is a natural human trait.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you desire most?
- Is greed natural or learned?
Another view
It generalizes complex motivations into simple desires.
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