Sentence examples for on favors from inspiring English sources

Seneca devotes an entire treatise to the question of how one should benefit others, and how one should receive benefits, On Benefits (or: On Favors, lat. De beneficiis).

It is not so much the establishment of a garden but the ownership of a gate that moves people from liking a society based on favors to one based on rights.

Print a card telling your guests that you've donated the cash you would have spent on favors to the charity (mention it by name) and leave one at each guest's place.

"This place works on favors," he said.

On favors: "I was Steve's first favor.

Alliances are often based on favors; if a favor is not counted, a potential ally is lost.

Wemple concluded that Playbook "is a native Washingtonian feast, one that runs on favor-trading, common obsessions and a small group of friends and quasi-enemies".

The Administration has decided on favoring a peaceful settlement.

Second, negative density-dependence in demographic rates lowers demographic performance on favored sites once a species' density is high there.

Portfolio's insistence on favoring its print over its Website content also helped to hasten its demise.

Comparing the resulting two groups of students, we found an average difference in CIL scores of 44 points on favor of students using ICT for social communication more frequently.