英语名人名言: Gratitude 感激

　　Gratitude1 is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.

　　Charles E. Jefferson (1860 - 1937)

　　Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues2, but the parent of all others.

　　Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), 'Pro3 Plancio,' 54 B.C.

　　Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

　　Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

　　Gratitude is the most exquisite4 form of courtesy.

　　Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973), Reflections on America, 1958

　　There but for the grace of God go [I].

　　John Bradford, Encyclopedia5 of Word and Phrase Origins

　　I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt that I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that I owed a debt to everybody who didn’t get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn’t gotten to be a person yet.

　　John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012

　　Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

　　Josh Lieb, I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President, 2009

　　It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

　　Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek

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