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There is nothing earthly that lasts so well, as money. a man's learning dies with him, as does his virtues fade out of remembrance, but the dividends on the stocks he bequeaths to his children live and keep his memory green.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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There Is Nothing Earthly That Lasts So

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
There is nothing earthly that lasts so well, as money. a man's learning dies with him, as does his virtues fade out of remembrance, but the dividends on the stocks he bequeaths to his children live and keep his memory green.
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