| 1. | I must be magnanimous and truly great. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 2. | A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | But, I am sure that he is capable of good things, gentle things, even magnanimous things.. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | The Duke of Exeter is as magnanimous as Agamemnon and. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | He felt that the husband was magnanimous even in his sorrow, while he had been base and petty in his deceit. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | again into his native quarter, be magnanimous in the enterprise. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | A magnanimous dispute now arose between the friends, and each besought the other to accept the precious privilege of life and freedom. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 8. | So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 9. | I know you are a truly magnanimous man," said Betsy, stopping in the little drawing-room, and with special warmth shaking hands with him once more. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |