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To despise riches may, indeed, be philosophic; but to dispense them worthily must, surely, be more beneficial to mankind.

— Frances Burney Evelina (1778)

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Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally brings as much pain as pleasure.

Evelina (1778)

Money is the source of the greatest vice, & that Nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

Remember, my dear Evelina, nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

Evelina (1778)

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

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