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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

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Was wir Großzügigkeit nennen, ist größtenteils nur die Eitelkeit des Gebens; und wir üben es aus, weil wir diese Eitelkeit mehr lieben als das, was wir geben.

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