THE DEVIL´S HOOK: MONEY

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By H.G. von Österreich und von Toskana

One of my favourite pastimes is reading old books and journals on literature, arts and sciences, for in them I usually find imperishable and infinite jewels, like the one I am posting here, what may be called the devil´s hook:

 

“Money secures friendships, commands respect, procures titles, softens justice; obtains even royal favours. Honours shower upon wealthy persons, whereas beggars – fortune´s wretched outcasts – receive nothing except cutting insults.”

Autor: I. K. (1880).

[“El dinero consigue amistades, comanda respeto, procura títulos, suaviza la justicia; obtiene incluso favores de la realeza. Honores llueven sobre las personas adineradas, mientras que los mendigos – indigentes parias de la fortuna – no reciben nada excepto insultos hirientes.”]

 

References

I.K. (1980. No title. Truth. A Weekly Journal, 8 (183-209): 146.

 

Source: Gundhramns Hammer´s Philosophia