A Quote by Jane Austen

Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
British - Novelist
December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817

Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different.

Jane Austen

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

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

Harper Lee

People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of those who write; they are not writers. Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward. Writing is selfish and contradictory in its terms. First of all, you're writing for an audience of one, you must please the one person you're writing for. Yourself.

Harper Lee

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?