He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his own. (Francis Bacon)

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his own.

Francis Bacon

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