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"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
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"Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office."
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"Virtue is reason which has become energy."
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"By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries."
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"A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue."
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"I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn't make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case."
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"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."
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"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."
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"Not only must we be good but we must also be good for something."
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"It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue."
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"When virtue has slept, it will arise again all the fresher."
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"Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience."
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"Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock."
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"My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see."
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"There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension."
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"I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist."
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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."
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"What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career."
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"A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature."
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