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Serving others is paying a debt, not conferring a favour
Drawn from what Benjamin Franklin said
What Benjamin Franklin actually said
- Benjamin Franklin American printer, scientist and statesman (1706 to 1790)
For my own part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favours, but as paying debts.
Where this was said
↗Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 2: letters (1860 edition)gutenberg.org
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