officia multiplicat propria, vitat aliena; cumque ipsi vicissim deceat occurri, gratius habet, si sibi mutuus honos debeatur mage quam rependatur.
He multiplies his own acts of courtesy but is reluctant to accept those of others: when etiquette requires his kindness to be returned, he likes it better if this reciprocal attention remains a debt owed than a debt repaid.
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