A man—a viewing-point man—while he will love the abstract good qualities and detest the abstract bad, will nevertheless envy and admire the person who through possessing the bad qualities has succeeded economically and socially, and will hold in contempt that person whose good qualities have caused failure.
 John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). copy citation

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Author John Steinbeck
Source The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Topic contempt failure
Date 1951
Language English
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