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Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
Horace Mann
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Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. — Horace Mann

About Horace Mann

Horace Mann was a Educator from United States (1796–1859).

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Horace Mann lived from 1796 – 1859.
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