A History of the Lyre
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
“Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.”
Simon Lee, st. 12 (1798).
Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800)
“Ingratitude calls forth reproaches as gratitude brings renewed kindnesses.”
L'ingratitude attire les reproches comme la reconnaissance attire de nouveaux bienfaits.
Lettres.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
Chapter 30 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_30
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7d-m3ko_eg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
“When a man is one of a kind, he will be lonely wherever he is.”
Source: The Lonesome Gods (1983), Ch. 57
Context: “You are complex.”
“No. Within this giant house of flesh lives a quiet man who would prefer working at a trade. Or perhaps he is a poet whose dreams are too large for his words. “My home is among the mountains. Men destroy what they do not understand, as they destroyed the son of God when he chose to walk among them. I do not wish to be understood. I wish to be left alone. Your Johannes has done this. He is a kind man, a thoughtful man.”
“Are you never lonely?”
“When would I not be lonely? When a man is one of a kind, he will be lonely wherever he is. I am a man apart but have become adjusted to it. I have the mountains, and I have my books. I also have the friendship of Johannes.”
“One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.”
North to the Orient (1935) Ch. 19
