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“Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.”
 
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Jean-Paul Sartre
 
Nationality:   French
 
Date of Birth:   Jun 21, 1905
 
Date of Death:   Apr 15,  1980
 
Profession:   Philosopher
 
 
 
 
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