Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear. From LearnThat.org. [Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)]
This is what you call magnanimity -- It is happy for yourself, that you possess this quality in the highest degree. From Wordnik.com. [Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
"Surely I do not wish to stand beneath Helga in magnanimity!". From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from the Marsh Croft] Reference
This treating of injuries from the high ground of magnanimity is the action that shall save the world. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
Caroline heard it she could not help smiling at the word magnanimity, which sounded to her rather too grand for the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 07] Reference
There was a certain magnanimity, he recognized, in Gay's effort to put things right even while he must have preferred in his heart to have them remain in the wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
But it belongs to magnanimity, which is a moral virtue, to tend to the arduous. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Lydia was capable of being magnanimous, provided the object of her magnanimity were a man. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
The Home Government feebly remonstrated -- it was too sunk in the slough of "magnanimity" to do more. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
"" We have to show a kind of magnanimity in dealing with North Korea now, '' says Kim Suk-Woo, the vice minister for unification. From Wordnik.com. [Defection In Beijing] Reference
I'm not sure that "magnanimity" is the word, John. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
But see the magnanimity which is born in me, which I have cultivated all my life. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Speeches] Reference
Whether the world is correct or in error as regards my 'magnanimity' is for the world to decide. From Wordnik.com. [General Scott]
They over emphasize the "magnanimity" of his art, or they over emphasize its "miching-mallecho.". From Wordnik.com. [Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions] Reference
Well, here†™ s one speed dating event that combines this kind of magnanimity with some good old self-interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Desmond Tutu asks, "for a guy who suffered as much as this, whether right or wrongly, to have this kind of magnanimity?". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The second anecdote is of a different kind, but displays a kind of magnanimity still more unusual in this poor servile world. From Wordnik.com. [Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.] Reference
Both may be said to have shown that magnanimity which is implied by the accomplishment of great objects in the face of great obstacles. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3] Reference
'magnanimity' she has the profit of, and perceives to be feebleness. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete] Reference
It was his magnanimity that constructed his cabinet. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Would the enemy crow about its magnanimity for all time to come?. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed] Reference
For there is not anything more effectual to beget true magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
In spite of her magnanimity I cannot think our interview was a success. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
What self-denial, firmness, and magnanimity are necessary for such enterprises!. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Kathleen O'Connor, watching from the window, admired her brother's magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
The magnanimity he tried to show is a tactic often seen in Chinese political trails. From Wordnik.com. [Judicial Terror] Reference
But in such cases, they sometimes showed great magnanimity, and "returned good for evil.". From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
The kindness of the President's letter, above quoted, is eloquent testimony to his magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
The petty annoyances of injustice or unkindness are looked on by each with the same magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Miss Letitia insisted upon was hated, and her recognition of the magnanimity of doing so with murmuring. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Perhaps St. Petersburg's lavish streetscape inspires magnanimity; perhaps the disturbance simply offended me. From Wordnik.com. [David Dagan: How Not to Catch a Thief] Reference
It was more essential to establish the thorough bravery of Conrad, than to reward the magnanimity of his foe. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"Good-night, my son," my mother said, and went away still smiling: "I have perfect faith in your magnanimity.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Persis, always moved to magnanimity by triumph, forbore to emphasize her victory by obtruding on her brother's reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
But it'll be hard to force Beijing into magnanimity when it claims domestic supplies are needed just to meet internal demand. From Wordnik.com. [Power Up] Reference
The great King, full of wisdom and magnanimity, knows the frailty of his red children, and forgives their disobedience and rebellion. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
As with other homey writers like Wally Lamb and Kent Haruf, his pretense of magnanimity only extends to readers who carry Y chromosomes. From Wordnik.com. [Is Author Richard Russo A Misogynist?] Reference
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