FastSaying
Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
William Gilmore Simms
Obligation
Related Quotes
Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine
— William Gilmore Simms
Obligation
Sorrow
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air
— William Gilmore Simms
Obligation
Answers
Execution
Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
— William Gilmore Simms
Men
Remembrance
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
— William Gilmore Simms
Believe
Economists
Humor
Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.
— William Gilmore Simms
Bosom
Freely
Never