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It's a reference to John Gardner's novel Grendel, the parallel story to Beowulf. The Dragon, an existential character who can tell the future, tells Grendel that the only purpose in life is to "seek gold and sit on it." It means that there is no inherent purpose in life. Rather, we have give life our own purpose, the crux of existentialism. The Dragon is essentially saying that we will all die after leading pointless lives, all of our accomplishments will be turned to dust and we will be forgotten. Hence, what really is the point of trying to make life better or amount to any fame whatsoever? Instead, seek whatever material pleasures you can from life, collect whatever worldly goods you so want, and then just sit on it; you don't have to do anything with them because there really is no point.
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What did the forty-niners do?
seek for gold in 1849
What did Hernando de soto seek?
gold
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Gold and Silver.
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sit
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"Siéntense" and "Siéntese" mean "Sit" (the command).
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they sit on the bench
Why did La Salle seek Mississippi River?
gold god glory
What is the plural of sit-up?
If you mean a sit-up as in the exercise, the plural is sit-ups.
Why did people rush to the goldfields?
People went flocking to the gold fields to seek their fortune. They got "Gold Fever" which meant that you were addicted to digging for gold.
What does assieds-toi mean in french?
"Assieds-toi" in French translates to "sit down" in English. It is a command form instructing someone to take a seat.
What is as-hole?
you mean a$$hole.... what do you sit on when at the computer, what do you sit on when your on the john?
In Greek legend who turns everything to gold?
King Midas. He went to seek help when he accidentaly turned his daughter to gold.
