| If you pick up a starving dog and make
him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between
a dog and a man. - "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" |
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...gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail;
the more you pay, the more is exacted. In time, you are made to realize
that the kindness done you is become a curse and you wish it had not happened. ...I was gratified to see that he was not a swine who trampled calmly
over pearls, mistaking them for pebbles. |
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