virtue is its own reward en · X
Meanings
-
a good deed is its own reward
The Wages of Sin is Death; it’s poor Wages that will not make a Man live; as Virtue is its own Reward, ſo Sin is its own Executioner.
1726, William De Britaine, Human Prudence; or, The Art by Which a Man May Raiſe Himſelf and His Fortune to Grandeur, 12th edition (Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother), § XII: “Of Virtue”, page 73
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtue is her own reward | alternative | lexicographic |