Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

Quote by Horace Mann

Topics: Death Quotes

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires...

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires...

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.