Ingratitude Quotes - Page 7

• Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Misery, Humans, Capitalism

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• A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Ungrateful, Benefactors

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, maxim 95, 1665.

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• There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest, is some pledge for grateful and benevolent returns. Ingratitude is a common topic of declamation against human nature; and it must be confessed, that instances of it are but too infrequent and flagrant both in public and in private life. But the universal and extreme indignation which it inspires, is itself a proof of the energy and prevalence of the contrary sentiment.

  James Madison

  Grateful, Inspire, Honor

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.281, Coventry House Publishing

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• A revolutionary career does not lead to banquets and honorary titles, interesting research and professorial wages. It leads to misery, disgrace, ingratitude, prison and a voyage into the unknown, illuminated by only an almost superhuman belief.

  Max Horkheimer

  Careers, Interesting, Doe

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• Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Memorable, Way

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 4, l. 21

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