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A benefit is pure expenditure, given for the sake of giving
Drawn from what Seneca said
What Seneca actually said
- Seneca Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (c
The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
Where this was said
↗On Benefits (De Beneficiis; Aubrey Stewart translation, 1887)gutenberg.org
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