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William Hazlitt quotesOur friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.
Niccolò Machiavelli quotesBenefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
William Shakespeare quotesO how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.
William Hazlitt quotesThe person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.
Publilius Syrus quotesThe person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
Publilius Syrus quotesTo refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
Eric Hoffer quotesThe pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.
Publilius Syrus quotesWhen you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.