Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Gratior et pulchro veniens in corpore virtus—Even virtue appears more lovely when enshrined in a beautiful form. Virg.

Gratis—For nothing. 25

Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens—Out of breath for nothing, making much ado about nothing. Phæd.

Gratis asseritur—It is asserted but not proved.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Rousseau.

Gratitude is a keen sense of favours to come. Talleyrand.

Gratitude is a species of justice. Johnson. 30

Gratitude is memory of the heart. (?)

Gratitude is never conferred but where there have been previous endeavours to excite it; we consider it as a debt, and our spirits wear a load till we have discharged the obligation. Goldsmith.

Gratitude is one of the rarest of virtues. Theodore Parker.