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"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
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"She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself."
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"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."
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"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."
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"Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them."
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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."
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"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."
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"Long-suffering is the greatest life survival virtue."
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"Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company."
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"It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds."
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"A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement."
Marriage
"I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life."
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"I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them."
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"How does one measure the success of a museum?"
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"There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection."
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"My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing."
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"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
Virtue
"What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career."
Business
"The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances."
Circumstance
"My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil."
Success
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