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Virtue is her own reward

Virtue is her own reward is the alternative form of virtue is its own reward.

Meaning of virtue is its own reward

Phrase

virtue is its own reward

  1. 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

Questions about Virtue is her own reward

What is Virtue is her own reward the alternative form of?
Virtue is her own reward is the alternative form of virtue is its own reward.

Words near Virtue is her own reward in the dictionary

  1. virtuating
  2. virtue
  3. virtue ethicist
  4. virtue ethicists
  5. virtue ethics
  6. Virtue is her own reward
  7. virtue is its own reward
  8. virtue name
  9. virtue names
  10. virtue signal
  11. virtue signaled

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