On the record44 BC
For the greatest privilege of wealth is, beyond all peradventure, the opportunity it affords for doing good, without sacrificing one's fortune.
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Cicero
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Cicero asserts that the most significant advantage of wealth lies in its capacity to enable good deeds without depleting one's resources.
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