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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.
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
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.
Ingratitude is treason to mankind
Ingratitude is treason to mankind
Ingratitude is monstrous
Ingratitude is monstrous
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.]
That man may last, but never lives,
Who much receives, but nothing gives;
Whom none can love, read more
That man may last, but never lives,
Who much receives, but nothing gives;
Whom none can love, whom none can thank,--
Creation's blot, creation's blank.
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.]
An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they read more
An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from
