“Shameless they give, who give what's not their own.”

XVII. 451–452 (tr. Alexander Pope).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Ἐπεὶ οὔ τις ἐπίσχεσις οὐδ' ἐλεητὺς ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι.

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Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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