Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.
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And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?
quote by Milton Friedman
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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
quote by Baruch Spinoza
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Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
quote by John Henry Newman
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Virtue is indeed its own reward.
quote by Claudianus
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Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
quote by Jeremy Taylor
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
quote by Baruch Spinoza
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Sonnet: To God, All Men Are Alike
Which human life is superior in cost?
Which human blood is royal all along?
Which human breed has been always foremost?
Which human voice has sung world's most hit-song?
Nothing can be for long, the best, purest;
All human lives are equal 'fore God's eyes;
Reward/punishment of God is fairest;
Can God be God if He should reward vice?
Like pendulum, our life keeps swinging forth;
And see-saw-like, we have our ups and downs;
Despite iniquities, living is worth;
A circus-show has many, also clowns.
Never look down upon another life,
Lest angered God serves us enormous strife.
poem by John Celes
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Honor is the reward of virtue.
quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.
Baruch Spinoza in The Ethics
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Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
quote by John Vanbrugh
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
quote by George Byron
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
quote by Lord Byron
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She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty.
quote by Ernestine L. Rose
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
quote by Quentin Crisp
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