Literary notes about tolerant (AI summary)
In literature the term “tolerant” is deployed in multifaceted ways to evoke a sense of forbearance, balanced judgment, and sometimes even irony. It can denote a profound, almost moral quality in characters and institutions—portraying a person as patient and kind-hearted [1, 2, 3, 4] or an administration as just and enlightened [5, 6, 7]. At times, it is used to highlight an attitude of mild acceptance in the face of criticism or error, whether that’s a gentle smile imbued with understanding [8, 9, 10] or a perspective that defuses tension with calm incredulity [11, 12]. In this way, “tolerant” captures both the individual virtue of enduring differences and a broader societal or institutional stance that embraces leniency and balanced judgment [13, 14, 15].
- To remember them will teach us to be modest, humble, and tolerant.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy by Arthur Schopenhauer - She nodded her head and smiled, and he felt, somehow, that her smile was tolerant, pitifully tolerant.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - She is logical and tolerant, most trustful of a world that has treated her kindly.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - Yet with all my heart and soul I desire to be patient, tolerant, kindly, sweet-tempered.
— from The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson - After all, the Mahomedans were much more tolerant and enlightened than the people they alternately ruled and served, and were Unitarians,
— from Through Spain to the Sahara by Matilda Betham-Edwards - Henceforth the Sultan was the sole authority in the State; but his authority was just, enlightened, and tolerant.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole - [ Persarmenia was long maintained in peace by the tolerant administration of Mejej, prince of the Gnounians.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - “You are fond of cats?” said Mrs. Gardner, with a slight intonation of tolerant wonder.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - ,” said the vicomte with a tolerant smile.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - He leaned back in his chair with drooping eyelids and a tolerant smile, basking in this sudden gleam of sunshine.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle - Ralph smiled with an air of tolerant incredulity.
— from The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson - The pause, dramatically handled, always drew a laugh from the tolerant hearers.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is tolerant with the intolerant, mild with fault-finders, and free from passion among the passionate.
— from Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists - Well, surely it is good that each of us be as tolerant as possible.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle - The public is wonderfully tolerant; it forgives everything except genius.
— from Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
