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Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality read more
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.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just read more
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
How much easier is it to be generous than just.
How much easier is it to be generous than just.
