IT WEARS WELL
The Roman emperor Vespasian is still famous for his saying that money does not smell. Oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, who built the imitation of a Roman emperor’s villa in Malibu, California, was of a different opinion. He said: “Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.” I have not found the origin of the phrase “stinking rich.” But my favorite comment about money is Myron Cohen’s quote about a model’s remark to garment maker Al Rosenstein of Roseweb Frocks: “The nicest thing about money is that it never clashes with anything I wear.” By Peter Hay
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