Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships. (H. G. Wells)

Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.

H. G. Wells

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