Benefit

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Give yourself five minutes to consider how you can turn a miserable situation to your benefit and that light bulb is going to click on.

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The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude
A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury
In refusing benefits caution must be used lest we seem to despise or to refuse them for fear of having to repay them in kind
Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all
He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved
He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly
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