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“"Prodigality exceeds in giving and forbearing to receive and is deficient in receiving, while Stinginess is deficient in giving and exceeds in receiving."”
Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Section 2·384-322 BCE
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Aristotle
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384-322 BCE · Peripatetic Philosophy
Greek philosopher and polymath.
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