A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it."
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A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor.
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