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Letter "B" » benevolence
«Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.»
Author: Baruch Spinoza
(Philosopher)
| About:
Peace,
War
| Keywords:
benevolence, disposition, state of mind
«Upon the whole, then it seems undeniable, that nothing can bestow more merit on any human creature than the sentiment of benevolence in an eminent degree; and that a part at least of its merit arises from its tendency to promote the interests of our»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
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arises, benevolence, bestow, eminent, promote, undeniable
«When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.»
Author: Lao Tzu
(Philosopher)
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appears, benevolence, conduct, disorder, disordered, disorders, expedience, expediency, mere
«You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive great pleasure from caning boys. In order to reconcile these two desires you have to persuade yourself that caning»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Fashion
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benevolence, caning, derive, fashioned, old fashioned, persuade, reconcile, schoolmaster, schoolmasters
«You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
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«To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things»
«You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
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benevolence, murdered, pomp, rigor, rigors, talk of, Time After Time
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