Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is… — William Temple Copy Share Image
The sure way of judging whether our first thoughts are judicious, is to sleep on them. If they appear of the same… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained,… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
“If anything, I've taken from this that I am indeed a good natured person, when I love I give it my all,… — Kyle Adams Copy Share Image
A good heart & a good nature R 2 different issues, A good heart can win many relationships, But a good nature… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Elise hid her face in his shoulder, embarassed, "Kane! What will they think?" She whispered against his neck. "That we're newly bonded… — Nicky Charles Copy Share Image
I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's… — Feist Copy Share Image
I do admire great essayists. I'm a particular fan of good nature writing. People like Robert Finch. I read great quantities of… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“He inspired no distrust; his good nature seemed all-pervading; he had the air of one who lavishes disinterested counsel, and ever so… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
“I do not understand exactly what you mean by fear," said Tarzan. "Like lions, fear is a different thing in different men,… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Sometimes people can take advantage of our good nature and encourage us to take on more jobs and responsibilities. But, we have… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The gentle fair on nervous tea relies, Whilst gay good-nature sparkles in her eyes; An inoffensive scandal fluttering round, Too rough to… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“Max." Fang let go of my hand. "Right now, it's really all about—us." He swooped down to the right in a big… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I like to play people who are deeply flawed, and I want to find the good nature in them. I even try… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“The most privileged position, in life as in society, is that of an educated soldier. Rough warriors, at any rate, remain true… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
