how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity? — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it. — William James Copy Share Image
The most unpardonable privilege that men enjoy is their magnanimity. — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore. — John Keats Copy Share Image
You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
What do you call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, magnanimity, forgiveness? Different results of the one master impulse: the necessity of securing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The borrowing is often honest enough, and comes of magnanimity and stoutness. A great man quotes bravely and will not draw on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The rainbow in place of the unicorn? Why didn't God just restore the unicorn? We animals would have been happier with that,… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are good points about all... wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity, courage, patriotism, etc., are called into life. People… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The attributes of God have been carefully explored. But the Devil's attributes have been left vague. I think I've found one of… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to… — Rudolf Steiner 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
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were… — Nikolai Gogol 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
Obstinacy, sir, is certainly a great vice; and in the changeful state of political affairs it is frequently the cause of great… — Edmund Burke 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
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor… — Saadi 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
In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet… — Mark Twain 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
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