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Forethought and temperance are the virtues which produced thrift,

Forethought and temperance are the virtues which produced thrift, and with thrift the economic progress of society. And those are the virtues which today are gravely compromised. – Adriano Tilgher

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I may be a pessimist, but the philosophy of anti-thrift just now coming into being seems to me the greatest danger to the peace of the world. – Adriano Tilgher

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