Virtue is Not Hereditary

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. – Thomas Paine




The pursuit of novelty is one of the least original and most meretricious of aesthetic strategies. – Stanley kunitz



We think in generalities, but we live in detail. – Alfred North Whitehead



In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters as they are. – Gamaliel Bradford



Less is more.
God is in the details. – Mies van der Rohe



Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing. – Paul Valery



People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail. – Oliver Wendell Holmes