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Magnanimity (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the wronged would be a terrible punishment: what does all her anger and contempt amount to beside magnanimity, which would make me her debtor?

Magnanimity (n.) refused ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is still lovable: 'I see what I could do, but I do not dare' — and who would not go on loving him?

Magnanimity (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a double difficulty: first beating the lower nature within, then facing contemporaries who find the magnanimous act silly; they admire gaining advantages and laugh at giving them up.

Magnanimity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠true human greatness: not the dominion of a king over the whole earth, but the lowliest man forgiving his enemies or patiently enduring evil year after year, overcoming himself in love.

Magnanimity (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a melancholy, misplaced kind belongs only in a poet's brain: it shouts 'About face!' to the whole battalion instead of turning round itself.

Magnanimity (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a woman never ages: beauty withers and the regal glance shrinks to maternal worry, but the girl who was generous so will never grow old.