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John Henry Newman Quotes

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

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Clergyman Quotes
Category:
British Clergyman Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 21, 1801
Date of Death:
August 11, 1890
Nationality:
British
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