Goodnature Quotes
More Goodnature Quotes
Somehow, it soon seemed taken for granted by all three of them that the trip was a settled thing; and the Rat, though still unconvinced in his mind, allowed his good-nature to over-ride his personal objections.
Kenneth Grahame— Ch. 2 (The Reluctant Dragon)
Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope— Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1709), line 522
We had better remain in union with England, even at the risk of becoming a subordinate species of Northumberland, as far as national consequence is concerned, than remedy ourselves by even hinting the possibility of a rupture. But there is no harm in wishing Scotland tohavejust somuchill-nature, according toher own proverb, as may keep her good-nature from being abused.
— 1826 Letters of Malachi Malagrowther on the Proposed Change of Currency, letter1.
