TECMESSA: Kindness gives birth to kindness. Alt. trans.: "For it is always kindness which breeds kindness." [tr. Garvie (1998), ll. 522-23] "Kindness begets kindness." [tr. Golder & Pevear (1999), l. 584] "'Tis kindness that still begets kindness." [tr. Jebb (1917), ll. 521-22] "For kindness begets kindness evermore." [tr. Trevelyan (1919)]