If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed. - L.E. Modesitt Jr. - Quotesmemo.com

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L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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

Greed, Ifs, Expect, Good, Rewarded

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