"To pity distress is but human; to relieve…" — Horace Mann
"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike."
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108 Quotes by Horace Mann
Horace Mann has 108 quotes on this site.
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Under the Providence of God, our means of education are the grand machinery by which the 'raw material' of human…
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If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
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It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate…
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The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves.
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Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss…
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False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.
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After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of…
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Observation - activity of both eyes and ears.
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It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.
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Avoid witticisms at the expense of others.
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Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something…
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There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds…
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More Charity Quotes
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
— Bernard Baruch
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
— Yogi Berra
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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