Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrif…

Ayn Rand
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Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward of virtue-and happiness is the goal and the reward of life. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). Atlas Shrugged, p.964, Penguin
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