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> [“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/to-despise-riches-may-indeed-be-philosophic-but-to-dispense-them-2/)

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## More by Frances Burney

> [“What arguments, what persuasions can I make use of, with any prospect of success, to such a woman as Madame Duval? ...She is too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/what-arguments-what-persuasions-can-i-make-use-of-with-any-prospect/)

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> [“Mortimer Delvile was tall and finely formed, his features, though not handsome, were full of expression, and a noble openness of manners and address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/mortimer-delvile-was-tall-and-finely-formed-his-features-though-not/)

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> [“he has no more manners than a bear,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/he-has-no-more-manners-than-a-bear/)

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> [“O! I must tell you that I have fallen in love with a gentleman whom I have lately come acquainted with: he is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/o-i-must-tell-you-that-i-have-fallen-in-love-with-a-gentleman-whom-i/)

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> [“it is sometimes dangerous to make requests to men, who are too desirous of receiving them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/it-is-sometimes-dangerous-to-make-requests-to-men-who-are-too/)

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> [ “Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand \[to dance\]. So he was pleased to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/another-gentleman-desired-to-know-if-i-was-engaged-or-would-honour/)

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> [“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/to-despise-riches-may-indeed-be-philosophic-but-to-dispense-them-2/)

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> [“Lord Orville seemed by no means to think the Captain worthy an argument, upon a subject concerning which he had neither knowledge nor feeling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/lord-orville-seemed-by-no-means-to-think-the-captain-worthy-an/)

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> [“In all ranks and all stations of life, how strangely characters and manners differ!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/in-all-ranks-and-all-stations-of-life-how-strangely-characters-and/)

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> [“The world...is too full of real evil for me at least, to cause one moment of unnecessary uneasiness to any of its poor pilgrims.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/the-world-is-too-full-of-real-evil-for-me-at-least-to-cause-one/)

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> [“The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/the-civility-of-young-branghton-i-much-suspect-was-merely-the-result/)

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> [“Why he's a poet, you know, so he may live upon learning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-burney/why-he-s-a-poet-you-know-so-he-may-live-upon-learning/)

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