| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 55483 |
| QUOTATION: | I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), U.S. author. “Adele,” bk. 1, Q.E.D. (1903). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Stein Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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