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title: "5 Puritan Ethic Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [ The summum bonum of this \[Puritan\] ethic is the earning of more and more money combined with the strict avoidance of all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-summum-bonum-of-this-puritan-ethic-is-the-earning-of-more-and/)

[Max Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-weber/)

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> [The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-puritan-ethic-of-marriage-was-first-to-look-not-for-a-partner/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-blanchard/i-grew-up-in-new-england-i-think-i-was-brought-up-with-the-puritan/)

[Ken Blanchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-blanchard/)

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> [You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-young/you-know-the-puritan-ethic-that-started-out-four-centuries-ago-in/)

[James Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-young/)

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> [In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/in-the-united-states-there-s-a-puritan-ethic-and-a-mythology-of/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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