The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves. - Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope: "The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves."

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Against	Almost	Another	Capable
Complaint	Deserves	Direct	Done
Everybody	General	Hath	Ingratitude
Misplaced	None	Other	Received
Thinking	Thinks	Vanity	Villains
While	Willful

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