Do not waste the remainder of thy life in thoughts about others, when thou dost not refer thy thoughts to some object of common utility. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 3.
Related reading: Ancient Roman Munificence: The Development of the Practice and Law of Charity,
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2314731#
Image: Roman relief of bread merchants, 1st century CE, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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