"Active beneficence is a virtue of easier practice than forbearance after having conferred, or than thankfulness after having received a benefit. I know not, indeed, whether it be a greater and more difficult exercise of magnanimity, for the one party to act as if he had forgotten, or for the other as if he constantly remembered the obligation."

Source : George Canning (1842). “Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches”, p.533

George Canning

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“For to a folysshe demaunde behoueth a folysshe ansuere.”
“I just write mechanical things.”

Source : "Barry Zito Visits Athletics Nation". Interview with Tyler Bleszinski, www.athleticsnation.com. March 29, 2005.
“I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough.”
“Life takes on the meaning that you give it.”
“There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words.”
“There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people.”
“I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.”

Source : "What Do China And The Banjo Have In Common?". "TED Radio Hour" with Alison Stewart, www.npr.org. May 25, 2012.
“Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.”

Source : "The satires of Persius". Book by Persius, 1799.

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