#magna

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

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There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe. ↗

— Zachary Taylor

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The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich. ↗

— Saadi

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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich. ↗

— Saadi

#god #humility #loved #magnanimity #poor

The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right. ↗

— John Conyers

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I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out to people in a more magnanimous spirit. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

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If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even born in the stadium. Self-interest was generally checked at the door with your coat and hat. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#greatest-generation #magnanimity #noblesse-oblige #education

In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnaminity In Peace: Good Will. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#defiance #good-will #magnaminity #peace #resolution

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#bible #magna #oppressed #poor