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Jean Baptiste Massieu

Jean Baptiste Massieu was a French deaf educator and writer active around the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Reliable public details about his life are limited, but he is remembered for reflections on gratitude and human feeling, including the line, “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”

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Quotes by Jean Baptiste Massieu

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. — Jean Baptiste Massieu

How Gratitude Lives in the Heart’s Memory

Jean Baptiste Massieu’s line transforms gratitude from a simple polite response into something deeper and more enduring. At once, he suggests that the heart keeps its own kind of record, preserving moments of kindness lo...

Created on: 4/30/2026