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"You can never be too thin or too rich"

or "too rich or too thin"

Whatever.

Who said it first?

― gusthoihkjhkjh, Monday, 12 September 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)

Reputedly, Wallis Simpson aka Duchess of Windsor.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 12 September 2005 09:27 (twenty years ago)

thanks

― fghgfh, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

The actual quotation verbatim was: "One can never be too thin or too rich" (Duchess of Windsor)
See http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/whosaid.php

― salexander, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

The better quote - by Carter Burden - is You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books.

― JohnsBooks, Sunday, 25 September 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

Except you can be too thin or too rich, whereas one cannot have too many books.

― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 25 September 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

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