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Elizabeth Gaskell on Money

1810–1865 England

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Economy was always "elegant", and money-spending always "vulgar and ostentatious"; a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied.

Cranford (1851)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elizabeth Gaskell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.