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"A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in ipso dantis aut facientis animo." - Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca write comments | rate this quote "A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur." - Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca write comments | rate this quote "Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. Lat., Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret; qui accepit." - Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca write comments | rate this quote "He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter." - Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca write comments | rate this quote "Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur." - Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus write comments | rate this quote