That was always my experience-a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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That was always my experience-a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy's school; a poor boy in a rich man's club at Princeton .... However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2010). A Life in Letters, p.586, Simon and Schuster
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