A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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