I tell thee this only to the intent that thou mayst reap the recompense of thy kindness to me, even as the mouse reaped the reward of her kindness to the flea; for see how he repaid her and requited her with the goodliest of requitals. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Moreover, had there been a chance of requitals or escape he was under orders to accept neither. ❋ Roland Pertwee (N/A)
[- 29 -] In this way, when men begin a seditious career and seek ever to repay violence with violence and inflict vengeance without care for propriety, without care for human limitations, but according to their desires and the power that arms give them, there necessarily arises in each such case a kind of circle of ills, and alternate requitals of outrages take place. ❋ Cassius Dio (N/A)
But alas! they have never come to know the dignity of labor; they have never been permitted to share its golden values and its lofty requitals. ❋ Various (N/A)
And now had not he himself taught her, by that hateful apology which seemed to have settled nothing, that there were subtler requitals than by buffets upon the front? ... ❋ Henry Sydnor Harrison (1905)
And in truth Apollophanes begins prophesying at that time, I know not whence, and to me he said, as if conjecturing the things taking place, “these things, O excellent Dionysius, are requitals of Divine deeds.” ❋ Dionysius The Areopagite (1897)
The Walnut-Tree piteously exclaimed, "O wretched me! that those whom I cheer with my fruit should repay me with these painful requitals!" ❋ Aesop (1880)
All the duties we can perform are not requitals, but rather restitutions. ❋ Unknown (1721)
Upon which Herod was in a greater disorder than ever; and not bearing such a false calumny, which was to his shame, was much disturbed at it; and often did he lament the wickedness of his domestics, and how good he had been to them, and how ill requitals they had made him. ❋ Flavius Josephus (1709)
Conversely, friendships left too long untended are apt to be suddenly celebrated in awkward requitals long on regret and tears. ❋ Unknown (2010)
(continued the fox), that I only tell thee this to the intent that thou mayst reap the recompense of thy goodness to me, even as the mouse reaped the reward of her kindness to the flea; for see how he repaid her and requited her with the goodliest of requitals. ' ❋ Anonymous (1879)
This I ask Thee, O Ahura! tell me aright how, in pleasing Him, may we serve the Supreme One of the better world; yea, how to serve that chief who may grant us those blessings of his grace and who will seek for grateful requitals at our hands; for He, bountiful as He is through the Righteous Order, will hold off ruin from us all, guardian as He is for both the worlds, O Spirit Mazda! and a friend. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)
(continued the fox) know thou, O wise and experienced crow with the clear-seeing eyes, that I tell thee this only to the intent that thou mayst reap the recompense of thy kindness to me, even as the mouse reaped the reward of her kindness to the flea; for see how he repaid her and requited her with the goodliest of requitals. ❋ Anonymous (1855)
Arabians; for their king, Malichus, sent to him immediately, and commanded him to return back out of his country, and used the name of the Parthians as a pretense for so doing, as though these had denounced to him by their ambassadors to cast Herod out of Arabia; while in reality they had a mind to keep back what they owed to Antipater, and not be obliged to make requitals to his sons for the free gifts the father had made them. ❋ Flavius Josephus (1709)
Theodorus also, who brought the epistle, desired of our praetors, that they would send Hyrcanus a copy of that decree, as also ambassadors to signify to him the affection of our people to him, and to exhort them to preserve and augment their friendship for us, and be ready to bestow other benefits upon us, as justly expecting to receive proper requitals from us; and desiring them to remember that our ancestors [19] were friendly to the Jews even in the days of Abraham, who was the father of all the Hebrews, as we have ❋ Flavius Josephus (1709)
William: "all those siccophants are damn annoying, i keep [rejecting] their friend [requests], and they keep requesting me over and over!"
[Roger]: "just requit them!" ❋ Jhkeavy3 (2008)
The requited love is the [opposite] of [unrequited love] ❋ Zarosian234 (2018)
