Quote#Wisdom
The elegant simplicity of the three per cents
Quote byWilliam Scott, 1st Baron Stowell · 1745–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Lives of the Lord Chancellors (1845) by John Campbell, Vol. x. Chap. 212; this precedes the use by Benjamin Disraeli of "The sweet simplicity of the three per cents", in Endymion (1880)..
English (original)
The elegant simplicity of the three per cents.
— William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
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