Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but … - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.

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