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: Benevolence Quotes, Generosity Quotes, Pride Quotes

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.

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

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...

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...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at...

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at...