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It is much better to make presents in articles than in money, because gratitude for the latter is spent as soon as that is.
It is much better to make presents in articles than in money, because gratitude for the latter is spent as soon as that is.
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- Jean Paul Richter (identity unresolved)
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 795 · printed citation: Jean Paul Richter
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