Quotes of Ingratitude - somelinesforyou

“ One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arm, Quite vanquish'd him; then burst his mighty heart. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love. ”

- Walter Savage Landor

“ Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ Ingratitude is treason to mankind. ”

- James Thomson

“ Ingratitude is monstrous. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him. ”

- Edward Young

“ 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

“ An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from. ”

- Timothy Dexter

“ Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child Than the sea-monster. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ 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. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man. ”

- Napoleon

“ Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind. ”

- Prophet Mohammad

“ Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. ”

- Decimus Magnus Ausonius

“ Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. ”

- John Dryden

“ Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time. ”

- Sir Samuel Garth

“ We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. ”

- Decimus Magnus Ausonius

“ All the stored vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than fail in assisting the unfortunate. ”

- Unknown

“ Excessive hurriedness to fulfill an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ Greed's worst point is its ingratitude. ”

- Marcus Annaeus Seneca

“ Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones — with ingratitude. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Ingratitude is the essence of vileness. ”

- Immanuel Kant

“ Time hath a wallet at his back, wherein he puts. Alms for oblivion, a great-sized monster of ingratitudes. ”

- William Shakespeare
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