You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those…

Samuel Johnson
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You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.33
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You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.33

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