“ To part with money is a sacrifice beyond almost all men endowed with a sense of order. ”
William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1847). copy citation
| Author | William Makepeace Thackeray |
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| Source | Vanity Fair |
| Topic | sacrifice money |
| Date | 1847 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/599/599-h/599-h.htm |
Context
“And I have no doubt that Pitt Crawley's contrition, or kindness if you will, towards his younger brother, by whom he had so much profited, was only a very small dividend upon the capital sum in which he was indebted to Rawdon. Not everybody is willing to pay even so much. To part with money is a sacrifice beyond almost all men endowed with a sense of order. There is scarcely any man alive who does not think himself meritorious for giving his neighbour five pounds. Thriftless gives, not from a beneficent pleasure in giving, but from a lazy delight in spending.”
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