Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, chapter 1, section 10

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[10] Again, it is those who give whom we call liberal; those who refrain from taking¹ are not praised for Liberality but rather for Justice, and those who take² are not praised at all.

1 i.e., those who refrain from taking more than their due.

2 i.e., those who take what is their due.

Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.

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