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From what I hear, the poor man is not sensible of the nature of his own situation; for myself, I have succeeded in putting the matters perfectly out of my mind since I cannot help them, and have arrived at a flocci-pauci-nihili-pili-fication of money, and I thank Shenstone for inventing that long word.

— Walter Scott

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Source: journal (March 8, 1826), with "pauci" as the second element rather than "nauci").
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