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What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Born: Sep 15, 1613
Died: Mar 17, 1680

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