If he be thankful for small benefits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and not their trash.
一个人若对微小的恩惠也心怀感激,就表明他看重的是他人的心意,而非财物。
— Francis Bacon · Essays (1625) · Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature —
If he be thankful for small benefits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and not their trash.
一个人若对微小的恩惠也心怀感激,就表明他看重的是他人的心意,而非财物。