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I couldn't find a common translation or appearance of this saying's equivalent in English. Ungratefulness is the world's wage?
by SilasX 5y ago
I couldn't find a common translation or appearance of this saying's equivalent in English. Ungratefulness is the world's wage?
- ggsp 5y agoI‘d say “reward” instead of “wage.”
- stickfigure 5y agoAh, the English equivalent would be something like "No good need goes unpunished."
- jfk13 5y ago"no good deed", not need
- SilasX 5y agoAlthough I like to do a deliberate pun, no good heed goes unpunished. (The consequences of following well intentioned but naive advice.)
- stickfigure 5y agoThe HN version is apparently "No good typo goes unpunished." :-)
- bigwavedave 5y ago>> “Undank ist der Welten Lohn”. > I couldn't find a common translation or appearance of this saying's equivalent in English. Ungratefulness is the world's wage? I believe it means something akin to "nothing is so hard as man's ingratitude." It's an expression that's not dissimilar to "no good deed goes unpunished." They're not quite the same, but they're tandem in the general principle of ingratitude.
- krylon 5y agoYes, that fits. The best English equivalent, I think is the saying that "no good deed goes unpunished".