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How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

James Cash Penney

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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Hamilton
Missouri
Greater
Volunteer
Lying
Receiving
Rather
Expect
Experience
Lies
Art
Unless
Giving
Joy
Children
Teach
Life
Pleasure

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