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Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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An editorial interpretation.
Gratitude grows in humility, the quote says, and pride smothers it. It uses a soil metaphor: a humble mind is where thanks naturally sprout. Proud people rarely feel thankful because they think they deserve more than they've been given, so nothing ever seems like a gift.
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