Be not weary of well-doing.
Meaning: Persistent good actions, though exhausting, yield their reward through accumulated virtue and positive consequence.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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