Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

Economy was always 'elegant', and money-spending always 'vulgar and ostentatious'; a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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• Economy was always 'elegant', and money-spending always 'vulgar and ostentatious'; a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied.

  

  Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Money