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> The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those t
by lastofthemojito 5y ago
> The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
--John Steinbeck in Cannery Row (published 1945)
- handrous 5y agoIt's worth noting that there's a lot more being said when that is placed in context, and in the mouth and circumstances of the character speaking those words, than when it's presented, bare, as an aphorism due the author. (it's on archive.org, for the curious)