Hence the vice opposed to pride by default is akin to the vice of pusillanimity, which is opposed by default to magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Secondly, we shall consider pusillanimity which is opposed to it by way of deficiency. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
"pusillanimity" of the Administration's course, said on September 23. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
Therefore pusillanimity is opposed to magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore pusillanimity is not opposed to magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Hence pusillanimity is directly opposed to magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
He afterwards reproached himself as guilty of pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Such pusillanimity was beneath the mark of Paine's enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
Now pusillanimity is more unlike magnanimity than presumption is. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
How base our pusillanimity and cowardice in the pursuit of virtue!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
It made me angry at myself; I despised myself for my pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
Thus we parleyed for a time, all because of the pusillanimity of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
Objection 1: It seems that pusillanimity is not opposed to magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
It bespeaks small-ness in intellectual make-up and general pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
This pusillanimity can only be reasonably accounted for by supposing that the. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Stanhope hates their pusillanimity, and hates himself for wishing to change things. From Wordnik.com. [Doug Stanhope] Reference
Reply Obj. 2: This argument considers pusillanimity from the point of view of its effect. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Those on whom he most relied betimes imperiled his cause by undue concessions and pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties] Reference
Reply Obj. 1: This argument considers pusillanimity as proceeding from a cause in the intellect. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Reproaching himself, therefore, with his pusillanimity, he left his cavern and went straight to the town, as. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi] Reference
James, with his wonted pusillanimity, had allowed the Spaniards to occupy, without so much as a remonstrance. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
M. Dupin, the elder, is "skilful in concealing, under an affectation of rudeness, the pusillanimity of his heart.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Prior of Auvergne, who commanded the French squadron, sailed away in disgust at the pusillanimity of his colleague. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
England then might, with more reason, reproach her own rulers for pusillanimity than the Corsicans for ingratitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
In America, the pusillanimity of the English commanders led to terrible disasters, among which the loss of Fort William. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
But in order to be effective in affairs, some positive force must be displayed, and modesty need not mean pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Blinded by self-love, have we not sheltered our dastardly pusillanimity under the cloak of pretended necessity, or even virtue?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Roskill knew he had to make allowances for Butler's blind spot, but there was a point at which allowances became pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
We cannot wonder at the burning words of condemnation which this pusillanimity called forth from the pen of brave Pierre Toussain. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
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