223.--Gratitude is as the good faith of merchants: it holds commerce t… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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223.--Gratitude is as the good faith of merchants: it holds commerce together; and we do not pay because it is just to pay debts, but because we shall thereby more easily find people who will lend.
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