Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
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Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Upon their issue.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Now the good gods forbid
That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude
Towards her deserved children is enrolled
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Now the good gods forbid
That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude
Towards her deserved children is enrolled
In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam
Should now eat up her own!

True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell read more

True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui read more

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui gratus futurus est statim dum accipit de reddendo
cogitet.]

Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]

Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.