Quotes About Good nature

It does not even matter that the evil man does not fulfill his promises! The people do not care, do not remind him. It is enough that he is evil, and reflects themselves. The mobs are more comfortable in the climate of malignity than the climate of good, which embarrasses and discomfits them, for it is against their nature.

Some people, you would think, are made up of nothing but title and genealogy; the stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity, and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below them to exercise good nature or good manners.

Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.

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.

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

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.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Strengthen your borders, your frontier patrols; It is good to work for the future. One respects the life of the foresighted, While he who trusts fails. Make people come [to you] through your good nature, A wretch is who desires the land [of his neighbor], A fool is who covets what others possess. Life on earth passes, it is not long, Happy is he who is remembered

Good nature is a man's heaven, The cursing of the [furious] is painful. If you are skilled in speech, you will win, The tongue is [a king's] sword; Speaking is stronger than all fighting, The skillful is not overcome.

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