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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism”, p.374, Macmillan
It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.