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Matthew Arnold1822–1888

The people who believe most that our greatness and welfare are proved by our being very rich, and who most give their lives and thoughts to becoming rich, are just the very people whom we call the Philistines.

Matthew Arnold on money

Culture and Anarchy (1869), Ch. I, Sweetness and Light

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