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The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

Thomas Malthus

Virtue

Evil

Temptation

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

Thomas Malthus

Poor

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.

Thomas Malthus

Population