Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“People ought to be as sensible on the subject of money-getting as on any other subject.”
- Source
- The Art of Money Getting
- Date
- 1880
Meaning of “People ought to be as sensible on the…”
Financial choices are presented as ordinary matters for judgment and cause-and-effect reasoning rather than as exceptions governed by appearance or wishful thinking.
Where does it come from?
The Art of Money Getting, economy discussion; Project Gutenberg #8581. The sentence follows Barnum’s warning about trying to appear richer than one is.
