Benefactor Quotes

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When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor... — Niccolo Machiavelli
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
Buddha says: "Do not flatter your benefactor!". Let one repeat this saying in a Christian church : it immediately purifies the air of everything Christian. — Friedrich Nietzsche
In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As a result, we… — Chuck Baldwin
The sense that the meaning of the universe had evaporated was what seemed to escape those who welcomed Darwin as a benefactor of mankind. Nietzsche… — R. J. Hollingdale
One great blemish in the popular mind of America and the prolific parent of an innumerable brood of evils, is Universal Distrust . . .… — Charles Dickens
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the… — Al Capone
Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as the 'benefactor' of… — Adolf Hitler
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I… — Hugo Chavez
A benefactor is a representative of God. — Benjamin Whichcote
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in… — Thomas Traherne
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to… — Gautama Buddha
It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one… — Samuel Adams
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as… — Zoltan Kodaly
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. This… — Jack Kornfield
Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us… — Andy Hertzfeld
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into the short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory,… — Samuel Johnson
A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature — George Orwell
Intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought! The Word of God teems with its marvelous deeds. Believer, thou hast a mighty engine… — Charles Spurgeon

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