We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the fait…

John Steinbeck
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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 (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.103, Penguin
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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 (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.103, Penguin

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