Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
Tacitus (c.56-c.120) Roman historian, orator, politician [Publius or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]
(Attributed)
In Machiavelli, The Discourses, 1.29 (1517) [tr. Detmold (1940)]
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You cannot live the perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball player and coach
They Call Me Coach, ch. 8, epigram (1972)
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