Gratitude is a virtue disposing the mind to an inward sense and an outward acknowledgment of a benefit … - Pierre Charron

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Gratitude is a virtue disposing the mind to an inward sense and an outward acknowledgment of a benefit received, together with a readiness to return the same, or the like, as occasions of the doer of it shall require, and the abilities of the receiver extend to. He who receives a good turn, should never forget it: he who does one, should never remember it.

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