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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant. H. Ballou.

Gratitude is the least of virtues, ingratitude 35 the worst of vices. Pr.

Gratitude is with most people only a strong desire for greater benefits to come. La Roche.

Gratitude once refused can never after be recovered. Goldsmith.

Gratitude which consists in good wishes may be said to be dead, as faith without good works is dead. Cervantes.

Gratis dictum—Said to no purpose; irrelevant to the question at issue.

Gratum hominem semper beneficium delectat; 40 ingratum semel—A kindness is always delightful to a grateful man; to an ungrateful, only at the time of its receipt. Sen.

Grau' Haare sind Kirchhofsblumen—Gray hairs are churchyard flowers. Ger. Pr.

Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie, / Und grün des Lebens goldner Baum—Gray, dear friend, is all theory, and green life's golden tree. Goethe.

Grave nihil est homini quod fert necessitas—No burden is really heavy to a man which necessity lays on him.