Zora Neale Hurston — "The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it f…"
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
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Often attributed to Hurston, but its exact origin is uncertain. Similar sentiments appear in her work.
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