We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
Travels With Charley: In Search of America, Part 3 (1962)

 
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