Ingratitude is the daughter of pride.

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Meaning in plain English

The saying suggests that excessive pride can make someone overlook the help they receive. Recognising your own effort need not prevent acknowledging other people’s contributions.

What the words are saying

Daughter makes ingratitude an imagined descendant of pride. The relationship proposed is that someone who sees an achievement as entirely their own may fail to notice support or shared work. This is a moral interpretation, not proof that pride explains every absence of thanks. A contribution may be unknown, gratitude may be expressed differently or the claimed help may not have been wanted. The useful invitation is to examine whose effort made a result possible and acknowledge it appropriately, without demanding public appreciation as repayment or treating self-respect as incompatible with recognising others.

Everyday example

A project lead describes their own work and also credits the people who prepared materials and checked arrangements, rather than presenting a shared achievement as a solitary success.

When to use it

Use it when claiming complete personal credit has obscured genuine support or shared effort.

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Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.