Skip to content

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

— George Colman the Younger The Heir at Law (1797)

Another quote →

Topics

Gratitude

More quotes by George Colman the Younger

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

The Heir at Law (1797)

Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.

And what's impossible can't be,
And never, never comes to pass.

'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!

Blue Beard (1798)

All argument will vanish before one touch of nature.

All George Colman the Younger quotes →

You may also like

Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.

Melanie Klein

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

Ambrose Bierce

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.

Samuel Johnson The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

I am glad that he thanks God for anything.

Samuel Johnson

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: George Colman the Younger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.