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Revision is its own reward.

Jean de La Fontaine, Marianne Moore (1954). “The fables of La Fontaine”

Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.119, Enhanced Media Publishing

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.

John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.51, ReadHowYouWant.com

Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.

John Henry Newman (1873). “The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: I. In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin ; [II] In Occasional Lectures and Essays Addressed to the Members of the Catholic University”, p.103

Expertness of taste is at once the result and reward of constant exercise of thinking.

John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Stephen Toulmin (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929”, p.209, SIU Press

Security and safety were the reward of dullness.

Hanif Kureishi (2009). “The Buddha of Suburbia”, p.9, Faber & Faber

Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.154

I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.

"Il postino". Interview with Christopher Tayler, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2008.

A simple life is its own reward.

George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.203, 谷月社