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

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

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

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

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

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

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...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

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...

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...

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...

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

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....

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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 a room without windows. No man has a right...

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

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...

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...

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

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

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