The livre was the currency of France until 1795. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins.
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“Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can’t even think straight.”
—Marilyn French (b. 1929)