One good turn deserves another.

Manus manum lavat.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon

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Topic

Paying it forward Helping others

Author

Gaius Petronius

Source

Satyricon

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

66 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Politician

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petronius. Satyricon, Satyricon liber [The Book of Satyrlike Adventures]. c. 1st century AD, sect. 45.

Current Citation

Petronius. "The Satyricon." The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius, translated by J. P. Sullivan. Penguin Classics, 1986, sect. 45.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
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Current Citation

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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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