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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.
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.
The more he cast away the more he had.
The more he cast away the more he had.
The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been read more
The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all read more
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
