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1 I say, as far as he can. For though men be ignorant, 2 yet are they men, and in cases of necessity could afford us human 3 aid, the most excellent of all things: therefore it is often 4 necessary to accept favours from them, and consequently to repay 5 such favours in kind; we must, therefore, exercise caution in 6 declining favours, lest we should have the appearance of 7 despising those who bestow them, or of being, from avaricious 8 motives, unwilling to requite them, and so give ground for 9 offence by the very fact of striving to avoid it. Thus, in 10 declining favours, we must look to the requirements of utility 11 and courtesy. 12 13