“ No man is safe from losing every penny he has in the world, unless he has had his facer. ”
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh (1903). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
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| Source | The Way of All Flesh |
| Topic | world |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2084/2084-h/2084-h.htm |
Context
“it is a quasi-embryonic condition, through which a man had better pass if he is to hold his later developments securely, but like measles or scarlet fever he had better have it mildly and get it over early.
No man is safe from losing every penny he has in the world, unless he has had his facer. How often do I not hear middle-aged women and quiet family men say that they have no speculative tendency; they never had touched, and never would touch, any but the very soundest, best reputed investments, and as for unlimited liability, oh dear!”
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