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What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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What Makes False Reckoning, As Regards Gratitude,

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit.
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