“ I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ That is the thankless position of the father in the family — the provider for all, and the enemy of all. ”
- Johan August Strindberg- Copy
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“ The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence. ”
- Emil Cioran- Copy
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“ I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful. ”
- Brigitte Bardot- Copy
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“ Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever. ”
- George Orwell- Copy
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“ Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful… ”
- Julia Cameron- Copy
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“ I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor. ”
- Al Capone- Copy
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