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    What writer said something to the effect of, "There are always negative consequences to doing good"?

    Question #73533. Asked by Marco79. (Dec 20 06 8:35 AM)


    lanfranco

    		I suspect that a several writers have said something along these lines. The famous statement "No good deed goes unpunished" has been attributed to, among other others, Clare Boothe Luce and Oscar Wilde, but it seems that the origin is actually unknown:


    http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/27/messages/327.html

    Dec 20 06, 9:10 AM

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