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The Royal Yacht Squadron Isle of Wight Foundation celebrates 10 years of quiet giving...

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Magnus Wheatley
Feb 03, 2026
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I always love the etymology of phrases and this one is a corker: “With great wealth comes great responsibility.” Now you’d assume, quite rightly, that it could be attributed to a Rockerfeller, a Vanderbilt, an Ellison or maybe even Warren Buffet or Charlie Munger but no, it actually belongs to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko who wrote it as a concluding line i…

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