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A mans indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins

A mans indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. – Ruth Benedict

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict

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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him. – Pearl Buck

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Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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