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L.E. Modesitt Jr. Quotes: If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.
         

If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.


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Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.



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Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.



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No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.



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The end is always the same. That's why what we do does matter. Good or bad, we die. If we bring some light and prosperity into the world, isn't that better than there being less light?





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