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date: 18 January 2025

Thanks 

see also Gratitude, Manners
  1. No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
    St Ambrose c.339–397 French-born bishop of Milan: attributed
  2. They say late thanks are ever best.
    Francis Bacon 1561–1626 English lawyer, courtier, philosopher, and essayist: letter to Robert, Lord Cecil, July 1603
  3. A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.
     
    The Bible (Authorized Version, 1611): Psalm 147, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
  4. When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough,
    I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
     
    Henry Fielding 1707–54 English novelist and dramatist: Tom Thumb the Great (1731)
  5. For this relief much thanks.
     
    William Shakespeare 1564–1616 English dramatist: Hamlet (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 8 (Oxford Standard Authors ed.)