Evelyn Waugh

(1903—1966)

English novelist

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

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George Orwell

(1903-1950) English novelist The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. www.sky-net-eye.com

by virtue of

[by virtue of] also [in virtue of] {prep.} On the strength of; because of; by reason of. * /By virtue of his high rank and position, the President takes social […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Kathleen Norris

(1880-1966) U.S. novelist, in Bread Into Roses, 1939. There seems to be so much more winter than we need this year. www.sky-net-eye.com

virtue

[virtue] See: [BY VIRTUE OF], [MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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La Rochefoucauld

In jealousy there is more of self love than of love to another.