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

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

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...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

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...

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...

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...

Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men...

Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men...

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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