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For kindness begets kindness evermore,
But he from whose mind fades the memory
Of benefits, noble is he no more.

χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ᾿ ἀεί·
ὅτου δ᾿ ἀπορρεῖ μνῆστις εὖ πεπονθότος,
οὐκ ἂν γένοιτ᾿ ἔθ᾿ οὗτος εὐγενὴς ἀνήρ.

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For kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. (Cassell's, 1907)

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