Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes

He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to spare in what is least necessary, and to lay out more liberally in what is most required in our several circumstances.

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

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• He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to spare in what is least necessary, and to lay out more liberally in what is most required in our several circumstances.

  

  Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
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