“A man may be ungrateful but is less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor.”
Tel homme est ingrat, qui est moins coupable de son ingratitude que celui qui lui a fait du bien.
Maxim 96.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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Tel homme est ingrat, qui est moins coupable de son ingratitude que celui qui lui a fait du bien.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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