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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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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.] 
 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. 
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
 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.] 
 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.