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How wretched
is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
-- Robert Burns
1759-1796, Scottish Poet
Our friends
are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very
thing we wish them to do.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
The person
whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most
regret, never did me the smallest favor.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
The pleasure
we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it
gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a
pleasant surprise to ourselves.
-- Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author,
Philosopher
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