| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 9117 |
| QUOTATION: | Mere parsimony is not economy.... Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edmund Burke (17291797), Irish philosopher, statesman. A Letter to a Noble Lord (1796), repr. In Works, vol. 5 (1899). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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