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The best giver asks no return and is delighted when one comes
Drawn from what Seneca said
What Seneca actually said
- Seneca Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (c
The best man is he who gives readily, never asks for any return, and is delighted when the return is made, because, having really and truly forgotten what he gave, he receives it as though it were a present.
Where this was said
↗On Benefits (De Beneficiis; Aubrey Stewart translation, 1887)gutenberg.org
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