Full Idea
In power of persuasion, reasoning is far stronger than gold.
Gist of Idea
Reason is a more powerful persuader than gold
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B051), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.04.12
Book Reference
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.100