# Wealth Cannot Turn Back Time

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Podcast: [Quintus Curtius](https://stenobird.com/podcast/quintus-curtius-216861)
Published: 2026-07-04T18:44:26+00:00
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## Resource

In this podcast we discuss a short moral essay of Samuel Johnson. In the essay, a narrator, who was once poor but now is rich, desires to return to his hometown and treat with condescension those who once viewed him with disdain. His scheme of petty revenge, however, does not play out as he wishes. We discuss why, and what the implications are.

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