Quote#Children
Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice:…
Quote byWilliam Shenstone · 1714–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Essays on Men and Manners (1764), "Of Men and Manners" LXXXVI, p. 155..
English (original)
Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice: whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.
— William Shenstone
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