A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him wh… - Richard Steele

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A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

Richard Steele

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Sir Richard Steele (baptized 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer and politician, famous for co-founding The Spectator magazine with his friend Joseph Addison.

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Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

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Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.

A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it. - Richard Steele

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