A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his count…

George Bernard Shaw
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A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent his power of preying on it from passing to a foreigner. ✨ GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1960). PLAYS
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