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 All the stored vengeances of heaven fall
 On her ingrateful top!  
 All the stored vengeances of heaven fall
 On her ingrateful top! 
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
 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. 
 He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which 
has been bestowed upon him; he is read more 
 He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which 
has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he 
is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all 
is he who forgets it.
 [Lat., Ingratus est, qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod 
accepit: ingratus est, qui dissimulat; ingratus, qui non reddit; 
ingratissimus omnium, qui oblitus est.] 
 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. 
 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. 
 Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
 Thou art not so unkind
  As man's ingratitude:
   Thy read more 
 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. 
 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.] 
 A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who 
have risen far above him.  
 A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who 
have risen far above him.