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Xxxiii: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est. That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits is eternal.— QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS — De Rebus

Gestis Alexandri Magni. VIII. 8. 11. Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis. Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.— OVID — Amorum. I. 10. 43.

Qui gratus futurus est statim dum accipit de reddendo cogitet. Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.— SENECA — De Beneficiis. II. 25.