Benevolence Quote by Isaac Massey Haldeman

“I mean this: we were right to agree that good men must be beneficent, and that this could not be otherwise.”

— Plato

“When a man has been highly honored and has eaten a little he is most benevolent.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Good words are a vain benevolence that demand no sacrifice and are more appreciated than real acts of kindness.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“The benevolent gentleman is sorry; but, then, the thing happens every day! One sees girls and mothers crying at these sales, always! it can't…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“The man who does not enjoy doing noble actions is not a good man at all.”

— Aristotle

“Blessed with the love of a good man, I felt equal to anything - even the prospect of living out my days in the…

— Jennifer Paynter

“He said that the notion that evil is seldom rewarded was greatly overspoken for if there were no advantage to it then men would…

— Cormac McCarthy

“But he was thankful for the offer and dimly he was beginning to formulate in his mind the feeling that the world is made…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“From his example in this respect I learned the lesson that great man cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of…

— Booker T. Washington

“Nevertheless I would be a hypocrite not to anticipate that the good intentions I brought to The Prince will also be the root of…

— Michael Ennis

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he just mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Prudence thanked him, experiencing that feeling of contrition which comes to all of us when we have made up our minds to dislike people…

— Barbara Pym