"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, American Novelist

Man, Men, Remembrance

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"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."

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