Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Humor is the good natured side of a truth."
Good Nature quotes
Good Nature
24 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Sydney Smith
Writer
"Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense."
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature"
Charles Darwin
Naturalist, Geologist
"Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Good nature is stronger than tomahawks."
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"There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages."
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"Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak."
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"Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable."
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"Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune."
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"Nature turns all malfaisance to good."
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"Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends."
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