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I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better.

Beatrice Kaufman

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Rich vs. poor Poverty Wealth

Speaker

Beatrice Kaufman

Source

The Washington Post

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Kaufman, Beatrice. Quoted in "The Post's New Yorker." Written by Leonard Lyons. The Washington Post, 12 May 1937, quote p. 13.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Barbara W. Tuchman

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Topic

Books

Author

Barbara W. Tuchman

Source

The Washington Post

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Tuchman, Barbara. "Papyrus to Paperbacks: The World that Books Made." The Washington Post, 30 Dec. 1979.