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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted
is a more agreeable favor.
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A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted
is a more agreeable favor.
[Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque
Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.]
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not
how to return one.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not
how to return one.
[Lat., Nam improbus est homo qui beneficium scit sumere et
reddere nescit.]
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).
We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).
