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Reciprocity |
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Quotations
 | In an ugly and unhappy world, the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 12 likes |
 | Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 11 likes |
 | Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 10 likes |
 | Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 9 likes |
 | Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 7 likes |
 | Be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet them on the way down. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 7 likes |
 | I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 7 likes |
 | The only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 7 likes |
 | I will help you to approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 6 likes |
 | Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 5 likes |
| I know what I have given you... I do not know what you have received. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 5 likes |
 | If we use no ceremony towards others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 5 likes |
 | We are interested in others, when they are interested in us. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 5 likes |
| Do not do unto others as you would expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 4 likes |
| It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | If you want happiness, provide it to others. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 4 likes |
| If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 3 likes |
 | With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 3 likes |
 | The degree of civilization which a people has reached, no doubt, is marked by their anxiety to do as they would be done by. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, 3 likes |
 | He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 3 likes |
 | Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Love is a reciprocal torture. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 2 likes |
 | Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. — Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams 2 likes |
 | Kindness gives birth to kindness. |
 | For people who cannot return it, a gift is only priceless if it has no value. |
 | The only person to get even with are those who have helped you. |
Bible Quotes
 | An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot. — Old Testament ‐ Exodus 21:24 4 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | If you wish to be loved, love. Si vis amari, ama. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 109 likes |
 | If you want to be loved, be lovable. Ut ameris, amabilis esto. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 33 likes |
 | No one attacks me with impunity. Nemo me impune lacessit. — motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland 21 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Let's exchange body and loneliness. I shall give you despair to stop being an animal, you will give me strength to stop being a wreck. — Dinos Christianopoulos, 1931-2020, Greek poet 7 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. — Yogi Berra, 1925-2015, American baseball player & humorist 8 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | You pay the hit with a hit. Τύμμα τύμματι τίσαι. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon 6 likes |
 | Give something and take something. Δος τι και λάβε τι. — Epicharmus of Kos, 530-440 BC, Ancient Greek poet 3 likes |
 | What thou thyself hatest, do to no man. Ά πάσχοντες υφ’ ετέρων οργίζεσθε, ταύτα τοις άλλοις μη ποιείτε. — Isokrates, 436-338 BC, Ancient Greek rhetorician 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | As Jake treats God, God will treat Jake. 3 likes |
 | Fight fire with fire. 2 likes |
