"Far superior to the pleasures and rewards of the illusion that is Earthly life are the pleasure and rewards of the Reality."
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"If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?"
"Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward."
"Is not labour, like learning, its own reward?"
"It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend."
"Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards."
"Whenever I walk the street and see people ready to get with it, that's my reward."
"Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished."
"In your judgment virtue requires no reward, and is to be sought for itself, unaccompanied by external benefits. [Lat., Judice te mercede caret, per seque petenda est Externis virtus incomitata bonis.]"
"You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman."
"The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead."
"I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do."
"The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves."
"Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person."
"Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment."
"... it is the work and not the reward that is precious."
"There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity."
"If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue."
"I have not earned what I have already enjoyed."
"People think that [I will leave Aladdin after Tony reward], but what they don't understand is that we actually enjoy what we are doing. This wonderful company that I work for has allowed me to do other things while I'm doing this."