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Show v Gems of bought GRATITUDE Cicero calls gratitude the mother mo-ther of virtues, the most capital of all duties, and . uses the words grateful and good as synonymous terms, inseparably united in the same character. Bate. A man of a grumbling spirit may eat a very poor dinner from silver plate, while one with a grateful heart may feast upon a crust. E. P. Brown. Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech. Mary Baker Eddy. Is not that the truest gratitude which strives to widen the horizon of human happiness and to make our fellows sharers in that which has gladdened us? H. C. Potter. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, un-grateful, but it is mine if I do not give, To find one thankful man, I will oblidge a great many that are not so. Seneca. No longer forward nor .behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here. Whittier. |