"The man who avoid both meanness and prodigality will by this shunning of extremes form the moral habit of liberality;"

"The man who avoid both meanness and prodigality will by this shunning of extremes form the moral habit of liberality (ἐλευθερίαν); for liberality is the thing which is neither inclined to spend at random vast useless sums, nor yet to be closely calculating in necessary expenses." (On Virginity, TLG 7,2,13, NPNF, p. 352)

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