"Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has……" — Seneca the Younger
"Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it."
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Seneca the Younger
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