Family
Both of his parents were very wealthy by inheritance. His mother inherited money from Shropshire and his father from North Ireland. It is said Betty’s father would frivolously spend his inheritance on anything, resulting in his losing a large portion of it. This loss might be a huge contribution to the extreme exploitation of his child prodigy.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
“A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.
“A “super person” is one who expects to manage a career, home, and family with complete ease, expecting to maintain a perfect job, a perfect marriage, a perfect house, and perfect control of the children.”
—Joyce Portner (late 20th century)