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 Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend,
 More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child
  Than the sea-monster.  
 Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend,
 More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child
  Than the sea-monster. 
 This was the most unkindest cut of all;
 For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
  Ingratitude, read more 
 This was the most unkindest cut of all;
 For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
  Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms,
   Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart;
    And in his mantle muffling up his face,
     Even at the base of Pompey's statue
      (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell. 
 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.] 
 I hate ingratitude more in a man
 Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
  Or any taint of vie read more 
 I hate ingratitude more in a man
 Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
  Or any taint of vie whose strong corruption
   Inhabits our frail blood. 
 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. 
 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. 
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
 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.] 
 He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one;
 All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.  
 He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one;
 All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.