There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it. — William James Copy Share Image
The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity? — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
“Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity… — Saadi Copy Share Image
In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the greatest show… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
The great charm of poetry consists in lively pictures of the sublime passions, magnanimity, courage, disdain of fortune; or thoseof the tender… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I know that some people believe Winston Churchill, magnanimity in victory. I've always believed magnanimity in defeat and then sneak up on… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The magnanimity and sensibility of a lady who faints when she sees a calf being killed, she is so kind hearted that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A struggle for liberty is in itself respectable and glorious. . . . When conducted with magnanimity, justice and humanity, it ought… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“If we had any leisure we would here digress a little on that ingratitude which so many writers have observed to spring… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
The sacred obligation to the Union soldiers must not - will not be forgotten nor neglected. But those who fought against the… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, magnanimity is often seen as weakness by those on the receiving end. It's easy to be sensitive, tolerant, and multicultural--it's the… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
In War: Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace: Good Will. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“The true mark of greatness is not stridency but magnanimity.” — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
