John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3280 Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3280 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) |
| QUOTATION: | The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours. 1 |
| Note 1. Hazlitt, in his “Wit and Humour,” says, “This is Walpole’s phrase.” The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.—Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Maxim 298. [back] |