To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Howards End

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Topic

Poverty Wealth Rich vs. poor

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

Howards End

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Forster, E.M. Howards End. Edward Arnold, 1910, ch. 5.

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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Topic
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Author

William Graham Sumner
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. "Sociology." The Princeton Review, May 1881.