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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are paid with hatred rather than gratitude. Tacitus
A perfectly honest woman, a woman who never flatters, who never manages, who never cajoles, who never conceals, who never uses her eyes, who never speculates on the effect which she produces, who never is conscious of unspoken admiration, what a monster, I say, would such a female be! William Makepeace Thackeray
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard
Admiration: Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves. Ambrose Bierce
Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him. Tagore
Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Henry Ward Beecher
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. Walter Savage Landor
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit. Vauvenargues
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein
The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody. Aristotle
There is innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has not yet occurred that they, too, might be admired someday. Nietzsche
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or not. Sir George Seville
There is an ancient saying, famous among men that they shouldn't judge fully of a man’s life before he dies, whether it should be called blessed or wretched. Sophocles
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who owe us more than we wish. LA Rochefoucauld
I appreciate the fact that this draft was done in haste, but some of the sentences that you are sending out in the world to do your work for you are loitering in taverns or asleep beside the highway. Dwight Van DE Vate
A grateful mind, by owing owes not, but still pays at once; indebted and discharged. Milton
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. Samuel Johnson
Every artist love applause. The gratitude of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense. Rousseau
The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude. Herman Hesse
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a position to be beneficial. LA Rochefoucauld
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it. Franklin P Jones
Praise, though it be our due, is not like a blank-bill to be paid upon demand; to be valuable, it must be voluntary. Coll Cibber
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. Anonymous
Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them. Joseph Addison
A refined nature is vexed by knowing that someone owes it thanks, a course nature by knowing that it owes thanks to someone. Nietzsche
True praise comes often even to the lowly, false only to the strong. Seneca
In the majority of men gratitude is only a veiled desire of receiving greater benefaction. LA Rochefoucauld
To refuse approval is to seek it twice. Unknown
Raised of themselves, their genuine charms they boast, and those who paint them truest praise them the most. Joseph Addison
To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject. William Hazlitt
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. Edward Gibbon
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. Miguel DE Cervantes
Let others commend ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. Ovid
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Pearl S. Buck
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful. Nietzsche
The most popular persons in society are those who take the world as it is, find the least fault, and have no hobbies. Charles Dudley Warner
There’s no acclaim to beat the sort you can put in your pocket. Moliere
The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess. Walter Savage Landor
Gratefulness is the poor man’s payment. Proverb
Acclaim makes good men better and bad men worse. Thomas Fuller
The way of the world is to praise dead saints and prosecute live ones. Nathaniel Howe
God give you pardon from gratitude, and other mild forms of servitude. Robert Creeley
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain
Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor. Shakespeare
Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will. Montaigne
The soil in return for her service keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free. Tagore
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. Charles Caleb Colton
Generally we praise only to receive the same. LA Rochefoucauld
