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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.~ Eric Hoffer
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.~ Henry Ward Beecher
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it isTo have a thankless child!~ William Shakespeare - King Lear
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it isTo have a thankless child!
- King Lear
Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. ~ William Shakespeare - As You Like It
Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
- As You Like It
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid. ~ Publilius Syrus
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
When I'm not thanked at all I'm thanked enough.~ Henry Fielding
When I'm not thanked at all I'm thanked enough.
