Benevolent

Famous quotes containing the word benevolent:

    It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
    Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

    A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
    Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    The benevolent do not worry; the courageous do not fear.
    —Chinese proverb.

    Confucian Analects.