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Read & copy
“Time is money—says the vulgarest saw known to any age or people. Turn it round about, and you get a precious truth—money is time.”
Meaning & context
Gissing’s reflective persona reverses a familiar slogan to emphasize that enough money can purchase usable time, comfort and freedom from some forms of compulsory labor.
Source details
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, Project Gutenberg #1463. The semi-fictional Ryecroft reflects on modest financial security and later warns that both too much and too little money can distort the use of time; the passage is literary reflection, not financial advice.