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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
