Gratitude Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gratitude Haste Ingratitude Kind Obligation Responsibility
Serve many fruitlessly, If one repay, Th' ingratitude of thousands 'twill outweigh. — Luigi Pulci Copy Share Image
ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is cheap generosity which promises the future in compensation for the present. — J. A. Spender Copy Share Image
True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Everyone takes pleasure in returning small obligations, many people acknowledge moderate ones; but there are only a scarce few who do not pay great… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“You’ve given aid and they’ve received it. And yet, like an idiot, you keep holding out for more: to be credited with a Good… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I want to thank each and every one of you for having extinguished yourselves this session. — Gib Lewis Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
