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Ingratitude is monstrous
Ingratitude is monstrous
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering.
[Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.]
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering.
[Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.]
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who
have risen far above him.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who
have risen far above him.
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.
[Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.
[Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]
Ingratitude's a weed of every clime,
It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.
Ingratitude's a weed of every clime,
It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
[Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
[Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]
He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which
has been bestowed upon him; he is read more
He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which
has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he
is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all
is he who forgets it.
[Lat., Ingratus est, qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod
accepit: ingratus est, qui dissimulat; ingratus, qui non reddit;
ingratissimus omnium, qui oblitus est.]
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful
were to make a monster of the multitude; of read more
Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful
were to make a monster of the multitude; of which we being
members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members.
