John Henry Newman: 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.

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


		Name: John Henry Newman Type: Clergyman Nationality: British Birth: February 21, 1801 Death: August 11, 1890

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