But among all our Methods of moving Pity or Terror, there is none so absurd and barbarous, and what more exposes us to the Contemp...t and Ridicule of our Neighbours, than that dreadful butchering of one another, which is so very frequent upon the English Stage. To delight in seeing Men stabbed, poisoned, racked, or impaled, is certainly the Sign of a cruel Temper: And as this is often practised before the British Audience, several French Criticks, who think these are grateful Spectacles to us, take Occasion from them to represent us a People that delight in Blood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the years of President Ford Decorum and calm were restored.... He did nothing hateful For which we were grateful But terribly, terribly bored.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The good husbands understand and offer to help. "All you have to do is ask" they say. But even helpful husbands have to be thanked..., their contributions acknowledged, credit given. All those pleases and thank yous. Being grateful takes time and energy. It's often easier to do it yourself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
These to thee, my God, we owe; Source whence all our blessings flow;... And for these my soul shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Politicians--power itself--are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives.... One sho...uld be grateful to the politicians for accepting the abjectness of power, and ridding others of its burden. This inevitably kills them but they get their revenge by passing onto others the corpse of power.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine,... Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have been grateful to you from the day you turned your attention to the follies and fanaticisms of religious sects. Against thos...e fools and impostors you employ the most appropriate weapons: to use others would be to imitate them. It is by ridicule that they must be attacked, and by scorn that they must be punished.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for the...n we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »