“It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.”
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 10; translated by W. K. Marriot
“Benefits conferred awaken love in some minds, as surely as benefits received in others.”
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Phantastes (1858)
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Scottish journalist, novelist 1824–1905Related quotes
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