Middle East nations are getting more petro-dollars as (oil) prices rise, and they're not putting it back into paper assets. They're trying to protect the value of their profits -- just like in the 1970s -- so they're buying gold.


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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the politic...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
Dinosaurs were big ; likewise, their bones. (Dinosaures furent grands ; - De même, leurs ossements....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes....
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Cat would be god for elephant, if it ate mouse in front. (Chat serait dieu de l'éléphant, - S'il m...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
“We do not hide the truth in eternity. (On ne cache pas le vrai - Dans l'éternité.)”
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
I was France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
“The drunkard who is colorblind still sees where is the wine. (L'ivrogne qui est daltonien - Voit ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Even Jesus, three days, died. Who is strong doesn't make the strong. (Même Jésus, trois jours, est...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Eternal snows are at the top. Eyes of beautiful are at the top. (Neiges éternelles sont au sommet. ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way fo...
CHARLES DE LINT
Behind anger, is hidden the cemetery. (Derrière la colère, - Se cache le cimetière.)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The worst enemy is oneself, but I do not kill, because I love him. (Le pire ennemi, c'est soi-même,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The animal is not afraid of the flame, but of the heat it emanates. (L'animal n'a peur de la flamme,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
To add to golden numbers, golden numbers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?
CHARLES DE LINT
“If the rose is beautiful flower, it is also because it opens itself. (Si la rose est belle fleur,...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The silverware shines if the sun. (L'argenterie brille - Si le soleil.
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back
CHARLES DE GAULLE
To get out of a dream, just one eye. (Pour sortir d'un rêve, - Suffit d'un seul œil.)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The eyes have undressed things that hands have dressed. (Les yeux déshabillent - Ce que mains habil...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Hitler not from a woman is born, but from the men bitterness.(Hitler n'est pas né d'une femme, - Ma...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowled...
CHARLES DE SECONDAT
That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays in...
CHARLES DE LINT
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so r...
CHARLES DE LINT
Satan plagiarized by dictator, and he doesn’t even have copyright! (Satan plagié par dictateur, -...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The smile of lovers is gondola of their desire. (Des amoureux le sourire - Est gondole de leur dési...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Mystery of love is like digging water: everything closes. (Mystère de l'amour est comme - Creuser l...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The lovers unsheathe their eyes. (Les amoureux - Dégainent leurs yeux.)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Heaven without love : what a hell. (Paradis sans amour : voilà ce qu'est l'enfer)
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
The lover steals a kiss. He incurs life imprisonment. (L'amoureux vole un baiser. - Il encourt perp�...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
“When lovers kiss, they kiss even the eyes. (Quand s'embrassent les amoureux , - Ils s'embrassent ...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE
Who underestimates is buried in the optimism of the deads. (Qui sous-estime s'enterre - Dans l'optim...
CHARLES DE LEUSSE