30 August 2010

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

There are always two vices in ingratitude:  falsehood and dishonesty.  An ungrateful man is a liar because he attributes good deeds to himself.  He is dishonest because he does not repay the One from whom he has received the good deeds.  -- Blessed Johann Gerhard, Postilla II:155.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who, then, is not dishonest?

-Gary

William Weedon said...

Exactly!