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“I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, who used to say, "Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves."”
Provenance
- Source:
- Letter, Nov. 6, 1747.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 380b816affaf7dd092f4e6cd3f180ea67bd9e47536d1dd06af46c40e0a3bfea3
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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