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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
Favors
Niccolo Machiavelli

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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
Favors
Robert Burns

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Never ask a favor of someone till they have had their dinner.
Favors
Saying

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Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.
Favors
William Hazlitt

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The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
Favors
Publilius Syrus

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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
Favors
Plaut

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To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
Favors
Laber

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To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
Favors
Publilius Syrus

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When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
Favors
Publilius Syrus

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun