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Latin
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek ἡ χάρις χάριν φέρει (hē kháris khárin phérei), from Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 779.
Pronunciation
Proverb
grātia grātiam parit (New Latin)
- kindness results in kindness
1726, Adriaan van Cattenburgh, S. S. Theologiæ inter Remonstrantes Professoris, Spicilegium Theologiæ Christianæ Philippi a Limborch , page 901:Gratificatio provocat benefactorem ad plura & majora beneficia: gratia gratiam parit.- Showing kindness provokes a benefactor to further and greater favours: kindness begets kindness.