“ The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. ”
Aesop, Aesop's Fables. copy citation
| Author | Aesop |
|---|---|
| Source | Aesop's Fables |
| Topic | kindness ingratitude |
| Date | |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by George Fyler Townsend |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21/21-h/21-h.htm |
Context
“The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. «Oh,» cried the Farmer with his last breath, «I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel.»
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
The Fawn and His Mother A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, «You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?»” source
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
The Fawn and His Mother A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, «You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?»” source
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