Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Gerald Brenan

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Topic

Money The poor Poverty

Author

Gerald Brenan

Source

Thoughts in a Dry Season

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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Malta Europe

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Citation

Brenan, Gerald. Thoughts in a Dry Season: A Miscellany. Cambridge University Press, 1978.

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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

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Christopher Hampton
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Time
1977 1970s 20th century
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Hampton, Christopher. Quoted in Sunday Times Magazine. 16 Oct. 1977.

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Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Discourse on Political Economy
Genre
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Language
French
Time
1755 1750s 18th century
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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.