It may be that there is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Edmund Wilson

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Topic

Making money

Author

Edmund Wilson

Source

The Princess with the Golden Hair

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United States

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Citation

Wilson, Edmund. "The Princess with the Golden Hair." Memoirs of Hecate County. Doubleday, 1946.

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And were an epitaph to be my story
I'd have a short one ready for my own.
I would have written of me on my stone:
I have a lovers quarrel with the world.

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Man and the world

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Robert Frost
Source
The Lesson for Today
Medium
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Language
English
Time
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There's no business like show business.

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Author

Irving Berlin
Source
There's No Business Like Show Business
Medium
Song
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Berlin, Irving. "There's No Business Like Show Business." Annie Get Your Gun. Performed by Ethel Merman. 1946, Imperial Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, act 1.