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Anthony Hope

9 February 1863-8 July 1933

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A Bourgeois is an epithet which the riff-raff apply to what is respectable, and the aristocracy to what is decent.

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Budget is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

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Clarity is a wise thing to strive for — unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

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Economy is going without something you do wait, in case you should someday want something which you probably won't want.

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Jargon is a risk — unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

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The Welfare state is the supposition that security comes from the ever more effective control by human beings of their material and social environments.