"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it."
by:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
(4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, "Seneca the Younger"
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Moral Essays, De Beneficiis (On Benefits): Book 2, cap. 22, line 1.
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I like a broadly hypothesized scope of an overall observation. Does the benefit derive from a contract (agreed to formal obligation), a gift (how does one correspondingly if fact, repay a gift) or ...? OR, does identifying an original source even matter? 
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Consider Grace as the benefit, from mercy bestowed. Gratitude indeed. 
     -- Ronw13, ID     
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    I get it, and agree!
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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