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No matter how virtuous you are you’ll still be rebuked and vacillate uncontrollably in other people’s esteem.

No matter how good you are you’ll still get snubbed and bump up against other people’s ingratitude.

So do good not for any need of reciprocation, reward, or prestige, but for the love of goodness itself.

The reward is that you get to be the kind of person you’re glad exists in an otherwise mean and unforgiving world.

This is true freedom.