Thank-you Rubber Stamp “No act of kindness however small is ever wasted.” · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Thank-you Rubber Stamp “No act of kindness however small is ever wasted.”
Description: 2005 Thank-you Rubber Stamp “No act of kindness however small is ever wasted.” Aesop. 2.2" x 2.6". Berkeley, CA: Penny Black, Inc. Source unknown.

I remember seeing this in a Bay Area book and card store. This quotation is used frequently. I suspect it comes from either AD or LM, but I do not know in whose translation. There are, in Lloyd Daly’s literal translation of Perry, two similar references, both (296 and 395) dealing with the same story of a farmer who frees an eagle from a snake and is repaid with kindness. 296 has “That those who have a good service at the hands of another should repay the kindness, for the good that you do will be repaid you.” 395 has more simply “Kindness awaits the benefactor.” “The Hen and the Swallow” (192) seems to say the opposite: “So wickedness is not to be overcome no matter how much it is met with kindness.” See also the MM stamp under “Toys and Games.”
Date: 2005
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