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The art of making someone feel taller without crouching yourself.
means The quality of being warm, courteous, and generous in spirit, especially toward those who can offer you nothing in return.
from From Latin 'gratia' — favor, charm, thankfulness — the same root that blooms into 'grace,' 'gratitude,' and 'gratis.' It traveled through Old French 'gracieus' into English, where 'gracious' first meant favored or pleasing (think 'gracious gods') before settling into its current sense of kindly bearing. The '-ness' is plain English, the suffix we tack on to turn a quality into a thing you can possess.
- root meaning
- From Latin gratia, meaning favor freely given
- costs nothing
- The cheapest luxury anyone can afford to spend
- power move
- Disarms enemies faster than any clever insult
- hosting origin
- Once a sacred duty owed to traveling strangers
mother teresa — nobel peace prize winner 1979 who served the poorest in calcutta
fred rogers — mister rogers' neighborhood host who spoke gently to children for 33 years
nelson mandela — south african president who forgave his jailers after 27 years imprisoned