"the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius."

-- Beatrice Webb

#Genius Quotes #Inheritance Quotes #Wealth Quotes

“When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.”
“I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine.”
“The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I also told them of the manner in which I had been knocked down and dragged out, and that I didn't consider it a fair fight any how they could fix it. I put the ingredients in the cup pretty strong I tell you, and I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas.”

Source : "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas". Book by Richard Penn Smith, 1836.
“How could I have been the valedictorian, the smartest, and never known Harlem existed? As a result, I began a lifelong learning experience, because I could not accept what the party line was with education - that these people want to live like this, these people don't have ambition, they don't want to work. You know, all the usual bullshit.”
“Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.”

Source : T.H. WHITE (1958). “THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING”
“The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.”

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