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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
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive. — Lara St. John
Gratitude is the praise we offer God: for teachers kind, benefactors never to be forgotten, for all who have advantaged me, by writings, sermons, converse,… — Lancelot Andrewes
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
Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. — Walter Savage Landor
A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature — George Orwell
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful… — Warren Buffett
There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me. — Nicolas Chamfort
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
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits,… — Bernard of Clairvaux
To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but to be a… — Saint John Chrysostom
Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to… — Thomas a Kempis
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. — Robert Green Ingersoll
As far as our noblest hardwood forests are concerned, the animals, especially squirrels and jays, are our greatest and almost only benefactors. It is to… — Henry David Thoreau
Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging. — Oscar Wilde
Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor. — Henry Ward Beecher
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. — John Betjeman
My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been… — Carlos Castaneda
Therefore, we know about God that He loves and shows pity on His creatures, and also that He is the source of wisdom and knows… — Dorotheus of Gaza
APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider — Ambrose Bierce
Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary.… — Twyla Tharp
I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor. — Horace Mann
There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a… — Theodore Roosevelt
On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd… — Gideon Welles

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