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Benefaction (n.) pleases ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the giver because it implies both possession and superiority — hence the pleasure people take in putting their neighbours straight.

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Benefaction (n.) presupposes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠having received good: no more than the non-carpenter can help in carpentry can a man do others good who has none himself.