In truth, O judges, while I wish to be adorned with every virtue, yet there is nothing which I can esteem more highly than being and appearing grateful. For this one virtue is not only the greatest, but is also the parent of all the other virtues.
Etenim, iudices, cum omnibus virtutibus me adfectum esse cupio, tum nihil est quod malim quam me et esse gratum et videri. Haec enim est una virtus non solum maxima sed etiam mater virtutum omnium reliquarum.
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Pro Plancio (54 B.C.) | As quoted in Great Thoughts from Latin Authors (1884), by Craufurd Tait Ramage, p. 32 | Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. | As quoted in Wisconsin Congregational Church Life, Vol. 69-73 (1950), p. 9
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