Thomas Aquinas quote about happiness from Summa Theologica - But virtue's true reward is happiness itself, for which the virtuous work: whereas if they worked for honor, it would no longer be a virtue, but ambition.
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“ But virtue's true reward is happiness itself, for which the virtuous work: whereas if they worked for honor, it would no longer be a virtue, but ambition. ”
 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation

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Author Thomas Aquinas
Source Summa Theologica
Topic happiness virtue ambition
Date 1274
Language English
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Note Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
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Thomas Aquinas quote about happiness from Summa Theologica - But virtue's true reward is happiness itself, for which the virtuous work: whereas if they worked for honor, it would no longer be a virtue, but ambition.
Thomas Aquinas quote about happiness from Summa Theologica - But virtue's true reward is happiness itself, for which the virtuous work: whereas if they worked for honor, it would no longer be a virtue, but ambition.