Complexity Quotes


It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies. Henry Fielding Obligations 75
To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. William Simms Obligations 73
We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly. Voltaire Obligations 62
Obligations may be universal or particular. Tom G. Palmer Obligations 50
Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself. Miguel de Cervantes Obligations 46
We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged than those who have obliged us. FranÃ§ois de La Rochefoucauld Obligations 34
Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. William Simms Obligations 32

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