It's unpleasant to find that what you had thought of as moral scruples suddenly seem not quite so important in the face of a stack of money. (John Varley)

It's unpleasant to find that what you had thought of as moral scruples suddenly seem not quite so important in the face of a stack of money.

John Varley

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