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The rich need poor relations and poor friends
more than the poor need the rich.
The rich need poor old Cousin Betty
to be glad of a home
so she can be stuck on the farm
looking after the balmy progeny
or the dogs.
They need wastrel gambling nephew
for the same reason—
they need poor second cousins
to send their old clothes to,
or their mistakes in shopping,
so they don't feel extravagant.
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| This quote is the the diary entry for April 16, 1963 The next Dawn Powell page is here |
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