Good Nature Quotes - Page 3

• Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

  William Shenstone

  Want, Fool, Honest

  William Shenstone (1868). “The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes”, p.109

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• The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very rarely, approve the first hints of anger.

  Horace Walpole

  Anger, Passion, Giving

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• Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
  To err is human, to forgive, divine.

  Alexander Pope

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Divine

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). “Poetical Works”, p.22

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• Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

  Peggy Noonan

  Imagination, Function, Wit

  "What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era". Book by Peggy Noonan, 1990.

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• You want to hate somebody, if you can, just to keep your powers of discrimination bright, and to save yourself from becoming a mere mush of good-nature.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Hate, Justice, Diversity

  Charles Dudley Warner (1872). “Back-log studies and My summer in a garden”, p.117

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• It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.

  George D. Prentice

  Mistake, People, Sincerity

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• All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature

  Michel de Montaigne

  Honesty, Hurtful

  Michel de Montaigne (1800). “Essays, Selected from Montaigne: With a Sketch of the Life of the Author”, p.124

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• Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sweet, Wine, Vinegar

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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• In all the green world nothing feels as good as a woman's good nature.

  John Updike

  Green World, Feels, World

  John Updike (2010). “Rabbit, Run”, p.98, Random House

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• Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Love, World, Pay

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• Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

  Socrates

  Vida, Éxito, Educación

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• Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

  Tomás Moro

  Amabilidad, Corazón, Hombres

  Thomas More (2009). “Utopia”, p.64, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.

  George Santayana

  Nature, Soul, Conformity

  George Santayana (2004). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.270, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.

  Bill Vaughan

  People, Matter, Easy

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• Good nature is often a mere matter of health.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Matter, Goodness, Mere

  Henry Ward Beecher William Drysdale (1887). "Proverbios del Púlpito de Plymouth"

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• The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.

  Walter Lippmann

  Public Opinion, Citizens, Comeback

  Walter Lippmann (2007). “Public Opinion”, p.368, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

  Jonathan Swift

  Men, Shining, Company

  Pensamientos sobre diversos temas" (1706)

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• There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity, which is what we express by the word Good-Breeding.

  Joseph Addison

  Humanity, World, Bears

  Joseph Addison (1729). “The spectator”, p.322

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• Los negros de esta región son una raza alegre, descuidada, sucia, no muy trabajadora y, en muchos aspectos, tratada con indulgencia. Por supuesto, el deseo del amo es que sus esclavos sean laboriosos; por otro lado, el esclavo está decidido a llevar una vida tan fácil como pueda. El amo tiene el poder del castigo de su parte; el esclavo, de la suya, tiene una inclinación invencible y mil expedientes aprendidos con la larga práctica... La obediencia de buen carácter, aunque imperfecta y descuidada por un lado, se compra con el buen trato por el otro.

  William C. Bryant

  Determinación, sucio, trabajo duro

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• Versatile Tangerine is striking enough to stand on its own and adds vitality to a printed pattern. Good natured and friendly, but with a tangy edge, this fun-loving color invites a smile.

  Leatrice Eiseman

  Fun, Color, Friendly

  "Fashion color report". PANTONE 15-1247 Tangerine, www.pantone.com. Spring 2015.

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• La levedad es el lubricante de las crisis. Recurrimos a chistes, bromas y bromas pesadas para aliviar la tensión, el estrés y el aburrimiento.

  Wally Schirra

  Stress, Boredom, Levity

  Ed Buckbee, Wally Schirra (2005). “The Real Space Cowboys”, Collectors Guide Pub

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• Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  World, Commodity, Adaptability

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.207, Library of Alexandria

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• Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Confidence, Honesty, Indispensable

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.7, Modern Library

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• One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

  John Gielgud

  Jobs, Business, Mean

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• It seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.

  William Shenstone

  Taste, Wit, Connected

  William Shenstone (1764). “The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: Most of which Were Never Before Printed ...”, p.183

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