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• You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others?… — Lydia M. Child
• The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides
• Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet… — James R Newman
• The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to… — Bertrand Russell
• We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by… — Pope Benedict XVI
• The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. — William Ellery Channing

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