A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man seldom finds people unthankful, as long as he remains in a condition of benefiting them further.
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Foolish jokers are thick on the ground, and it rains insects of that sort everywhere. A good joker is a rarity; even a man who is such by nature finds it hard to sustain the part for long; it seldom happens that the man who makes us laugh wins our esteem.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
I have long held firm to my suspicion that some people are just evil. In some cases I'll concede it seems as though it is thrust upon someone who had little real hope of avoiding it. However tragic that reality, the simple fact remains that it is more important to protect the rest of society for as long as it remains a danger to them.
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
We're still benefiting from the sacrifices of people long dead, but we're also suffering from their errors.
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By experience", says Roger Ascham, "we find out a short way by a long wandering." Not seldom that long wandering unfits us for further travel, and of what use is our experience to us then?
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