A Quote by James Thomson
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
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If you begin to have a relationship where you're doing what the guards want, and once you're out you will see that as a treason, a treason to your country, a treason to yourself, a treason to everybody, so you have to be very cautious on what is the perspective you're looking at yourself, and you have always to see yourself like from the outside.
It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.
Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so much of eternal worth, but has rarely succeeded in winning gratitude.
The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and deception.
Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.
I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.
Ingratitude to man is ingratitude to God.
For myself, I care not whether treason be committed North or South; he that is guilty of treason is entitled to a traitor's fate!
The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space.
The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as scheme and treason as language.
Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude.
Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.
Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
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