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“My views may seem to ignore a moral imperative that businesses should follow virtuous principles, whether or not it is most profitable for them to do so. Instead I prefer to recognize that, throughout human history, [...] government regulation has arisen precisely because it was found to be necessary for the enforcement of moral principles. Invocation of moral principles is a necessary first step for eliciting virtuous behavior, but that alone is not a sufficient step.”
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed • Jared Diamond“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.”
Travels with Charley: In Search of America • John Steinbeck“Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.”
Beware of Pity • Stefan Zweig“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray • Oscar Wilde“How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.”
Book V • Marcus Aurelius