“ Money must be so subservient to gentility as never to be worth a thought. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler (1866). copy citation
| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Source | The Gambler |
| Topic | money worth |
| Date | 1866 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by C. J. Hogarth |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2197/2197-h/2197-h.htm |
Context
“On the other hand, I saw a Frenchman first win, and then lose, 30,000 francs cheerfully, and without a murmur. Yes; even if a gentleman should lose his whole substance, he must never give way to annoyance. Money must be so subservient to gentility as never to be worth a thought. Of course, the SUPREMELY aristocratic thing is to be entirely oblivious of the mire of rabble, with its setting; but sometimes a reverse course may be aristocratic to remark, to scan, and even to gape at, the mob”
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