# Quote — Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford

> A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

- Author: [Elizabeth Gaskell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-gaskell.md)
- Book: [Cranford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-gaskell/cranford.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-gaskell/cranford/a-little-credulity

## More from this book

> Economy was always "elegant", and money-spending always "vulgar and ostentatious"; a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-gaskell/cranford/economy-was-always.md)

> I'll not listen to reason…Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-gaskell/cranford/ill-not-listen.md)