"For it is true what a familiar little verse states: “He who wants to give to others should not say: ‘Do you want it?’ ” It is impolite to subject modesty to a test and to force one, as it were, to beg.
Even under the stress of need modest people nevertheless almost want to be forced to accept a favor. On the other hand, you may find others, who are impudent and do not wait until you bid them but obtrude themselves of their own accord, take a seat at the table, and want this and that given to them. Such people deserve to be disliked."
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