A Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Virtue is not always where it seems to be. People sometimes acknowledge favors only to maintain their reputations, and to make themselves more impudently ungrateful for favors that they do not wish to acknowledge.

Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

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Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
1599 - January 16, 1678

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Benjamin Franklin

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

Margaret J. Wheatley

It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

George Washington

I've reached the point where people text me randomly for favors, like, 'Hey can I pick your brain?' People I haven't talked to in years are asking for favors. It's like, 'Wow people really got some nerve.'

Luvvie Ajayi

Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them.

Thornton Wilder

You do not give preferred deals and dole out favors, lucrative favors, and government partnerships and weapons deals to your clients.

Jill Stein

My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.

Junot Diaz

With [Donald's] Trump holdings all over the world, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for him to be able to conduct business without there being either favors given to his companies or the appearance of favors.

Chuck Todd

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

Mary Harris Jones

People avenge themselves for the favors done them.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Never forget the favors done for you. Always forget the favors you’ve done for others.

Omar Suleiman

Often our good deeds make enemies for us, and the ungrateful person despises us on two counts; for he is not only unwilling to acknowledge the gratitude he owes us: he does not want to have his benefactor as witness to his thankless behavior.

Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. OUr friendship is a nebula. (34)

Robin Sloan

The bottom line is that if politicians weren't in the business of granting favors and exacting tribute, every single issue surrounding campaign finance reform would be irrelevant. After all, why would anyone spend money for influence, access, favors and tribute if the only thing that politicians do is to live up to their oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution?

Walter E. Williams

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