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“Goodness is the only value that seems in this world of appearances to have any claim to be an end in itself. Virtue is its own reward. […] In this indifferent universe, with its inevitable evils that surround us from the cradle to the grave, it may serve, not as a challenge or a reply, but as an affirmation of our own independence. […] Unlike beauty, it can be perfect without being tedious, and, greater than love, time does not wither its delight.”
W.S. Maugham in “The Summing Up” (1938)
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