“Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.”
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The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.
I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.