Sentences with word «magnanimity»

It possesses magnificent character delineation: the great theme is the princely magnanimity of Joseph, envied by his lesser brothers, his life threatened, then at length spared only through the dubious device of selling him into slavery in Egypt; and there, his fortunes going from bad to worse, he was, for no fault of his own but indeed because of his integrity, hurled into an oriental prison to lie hopeless until some dubious chance should release him.

There was, for example, an unmistakable growth in magnanimity.

«We are the party of the rule of law, and we should act accordingly, with magnanimity in our moment of victory.»

Holmes had definite moral views, but his sensibilities about war required magnanimity toward enemies, which included admiration for their bravery, the purity of their motives, and their willingness to sacrifice themselves for a cause.

We're talking here genuine magnanimity, generosity, physical and moral courage, rugged integrity, and not being a sell - out (not to mention not selling out people for whom you are responsible).

But most of all, Michael's sweet magnanimity is genuine and in fact reflects the ambition and bravery of his intellectual position.

Niebuhr openly scoffed at Ford's trumpeted magnanimity, and welcomed union rallies in his church when other public platforms closed to them.

«Today, and in the weeks to come, Scotland needs magnanimity all round and it needs a process for shaping our future which allows every voice (the 45 % as well as the 55 %), not just to be heard but to be listened to.»

A high place must be accorded the story of Joseph, who in a spirit of revenge, it might seem, dealt harshly with his brothers, but whose real magnanimity the evolution of the plot reveals.

Magnanimities once impossible are now easy; paltry conventionalities and mean incentives once tyrannical hold no sway.

If acts of generosity and magnanimity endanger national security, he can not but turn his back.

Aristotle ranked magnanimity among the virtues that characterize a man who is at once powerful and noble.

The great sins against magnanimity are three and they are a bad family: vindictiveness, jealousy, and prejudice.

I'd focus on how his understandable hatred towards his captors eventually turned to amazing magnanimity, and what made him such a great unifier of his country.

Senator Ake who is a major beneficiary of Amaechi's political magnanimity was quoted to have alluded to the fact that the Minister will be removed as the Leader of the Party if Abe is not allowed to fly the Governorship flag of the APC come 2019.

He added: «Lady Thatcher will undoubtedly be remembered as a leader of great conviction but greatness in my view has to be tempered with generosity and magnanimity if one is to earn a permanent place in the heart of this nation.»

«Future research is needed to determine whether reminders of religious belief can also foster magnanimity in non-Western countries, among less educated individuals, and in the context of high - stakes conflicts in which transgressions are committed by others with competing religious convictions.»

For almost as long as there have been recorded histories of Alexander the Great, historians have struggled to reckon their subject's evident magnanimity with his equally apparent bloodlust.

Pure magnanimity is one; sometimes investors like to take younger people under their wings and help them get started, often because someone did likewise for them.

It's rare to see major publishers behave with magnanimity when the big bucks are involved, so I was moved if not to tears, at least to substantial surprise when Square - Enix decided not to be jerks about the whole not wanting to make more Hitman games thing, and instead let IO Interactive walk away with the rights to their slap - headed, murderous creation.

The basekt - weavings and foam carvings in Wicker and Diapers take a hobbyist's approach to the endeavor of sculpture - making and the works magnanimity and craft — by dint of its materials, content, and genuineness — preserve, in a way, a balance between the individual and group.

Social activism, racial inequality, economic displacement, and an art practice deeply rooted in philosophy connect these two artists who corral the physical and spiritual detritus of our existence into the enduring magnanimity of art.

One is haunted by the idea that if, on any large scale, Christians should exhibit such magnanimity as the Sermon on the Mount enjoins, there would be stirred up in the heart of this very bitter and vindictive world a wistful response like the Turk's.

«My prayer is, particularly in the week just before we remember two years of Nelson Mandela's passing on, we will have magnanimity of South Africans, we will pray that justice will be done but we will start the process of healing through whatever the courts will lead us.

He rules not with magnanimity, but with humility.

The SFO's magnanimity does not arise because we are reluctant as a country to lock people up.

Men commonly fail in magnanimity, not only in relation to their enemies, but to their rivals.

Such magnanimity is a tell — one of many, in fact — that Cody Green is not your average tech entrepreneur.