#upper classes

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#classes #future #middle #middle class #nation

The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. ↗

— Charlotte Curtis

#coast #east #edith #henry #henry james

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#classes #everybody #everything #gets #granted

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#enabled #plain #private #reason #school system

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#always #charming #classes #died #evolution