Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“No duty is more imperative than that of proving one's gratitude.”
- Source
- De Officiis
- Date
- 44 BCE
- English wording
- Walter Miller — Translator · from Latin
Meaning of “No duty is more imperative than that of…”
Gratitude is framed as an obligation to recognize and answer benefits already received, not merely as a pleasant feeling toward a benefactor.
Where does it come from?
De Officiis, Book I, section 47; Cicero discusses how kindness already received creates a stronger duty of requital.
