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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.
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
Born: Feb 21, 1801
Died: Aug 11, 1890

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