Quote#Money & Wealth
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and…
Quote byF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1896–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted, "The Rich Boy" (1926), paragraph 3..
English (original)
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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