Quotes on Magnanimous

Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

In my judgment, the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to believe in the infamous dogma of an eternal hell.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.