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John Sergeant Wise

"It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors."

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"It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors."

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"For an entrepreneur: wealth invites fame. For a celebrity: fame invites wealth."

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"I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money."

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"It doesn't matter how wealthy you may be in material things, what matters is do you know what to do with those wealth?"

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"Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich."

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"It is from your time that wealth is produced, it is time that produces results and product."

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"It was a rich place: as rich as plumcake."

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"Treat time and money as though they are the same by using both resourcefully."

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"Products are only gotten from a time well converted and that financial wealth is a product of time."

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"That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President."
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"Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond."
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"THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died."
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"The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky."
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"In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous."
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"Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their interest, and their resentments, just as humanity is moved today."
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