John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9284 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9284 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | To which we may add this other Aristotelian consideration, that he who confers a benefit on any one loves him better than he is beloved by him again. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book ii. Chap. viii. Of the Affections of Fathers. |
| Note 1. Aristotle: Ethics, ix. 7. [back] |