best quotations about
Ingratitude |
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Quotations
 | People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 12 likes |
 | The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 10 likes |
 | Give money, don't lend it. Giving only makes ungrateful people, lending makes enemies. — Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer 8 likes |
 | Every time that I fill a high office, I create a hundred discontented men and an ingrate. — Louis XIV of France, 1638-1715, King of France (le Roi Soleil) 6 likes |
 | Too great a hurry to be discharged of an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 5 likes |
 | Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 5 likes |
 | The first step in ingratitude is to try to understand the motives of the benefactor. — Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer 5 likes |
 | No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target. — Saadi Shirazi, 1210-1292, Persian poet 3 likes |
 | A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do. — George Courteline, 1858-1929, French writer 3 likes |
 | The public have neither shame or gratitude. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. — Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian 1 likes |
 | The wicked are always ungrateful. — Miguel Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer 1 likes |
 | Ingratitude saves time. — Frédéric Dard, 1921-2000, French writer 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | What soon grows old? Favor. Τι γηράσκει ταχύ; Χάρις. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
Proverbs
 | Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 7 likes |
