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What will you put in the stocking
of the Baby Jesus?
screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta
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What will you put in the stocking
of the Baby Jesus?
screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta
Young, and David's Niven.
Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his read more
Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world read more
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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.
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 I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.
What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.
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.