Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it…

Thomas Jefferson
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Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2004). Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness, p.91, Modern Library
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Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2004). Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness, p.91, Modern Library

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