I learned that ruling poor men's hands is nothing. Ruling men's money's a wedge in the world. But after I'd split it open a crack I looked in and saw the trick inside it, the filthy nothing, the fooled and rotten faces of rich and successful men.
Robinson JeffersAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 10, 1887
- Died: January 20, 1962
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