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GRATITUDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build up their philosophy of life.<\/p>\n

A. J. Cronin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.<\/p>\n

William Arthur Ward
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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GRATITUDE Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build up their philosophy of life. A. J. Cronin Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. 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