Forbearance Quote by Benjamin Franklin Download Open image “Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.” — Benjamin Franklin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Forbearance Justice Pity Should
“Pity . . . is more properly bestowed in cases of involuntary suffering than of crime and offences committed voluntarily and with malice aforethought.” — Antiphon Copy Share Image
When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Partial justice may exist with hatred; full justice requires charity. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
There are no whys in a person's life, and very few hows. In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could only come… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, sex or religion, nationality or status. It helps… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
The fruit of patience in all its aspects - long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, and perseverance - is a fruit that is most intimately associated with… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and… — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
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