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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. Lao Tzu Generosity 531
All that is not given is lost. Rabindranath Tagore Generosity 436
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity of a man. The fair sex, who have commonly much more tenderness than ours, have seldom so much generosity. Adam Smith Generosity 220
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. Hada Bejar Generosity 202
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. John Wesley Generosity 164
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. John MacNaughton Generosity 157
The more he cast away the more he had. John Bunyan Generosity 112
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson Generosity 107
For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. Kahlil Gibran Generosity 103
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Alexander Pope Generosity 101
He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice. Sir Henry Taylor Generosity 97
Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Alexander Pope Generosity 94
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner Generosity 94
Generosity is the flower of justice. Nathaniel Hawthorne Generosity 93
Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant. John C. Maxwell Generosity 92
Generosity is giving more than you can; pride is taking less than you need. Kahlil Gibran Generosity 90
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-calculated less or more. William Wordsworth Generosity 85
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze. Samuel Johnson Generosity 84
What seems to be generously is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. FranÃ§ois de La Rochefoucauld Generosity 84
Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them. Thornton Wilder Generosity 84
I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them. Pliny Generosity 82
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity... in important things, diversity... in all things, generosity. George Bush Generosity 78
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Jean De La Bruyere Generosity 76
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. Ralph Waldo Emerson Generosity 76
Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can give. David R. Hawkins Generosity 75
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. Bible Generosity 75
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. Eric Hoffer Generosity 75
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. Sir Winston Churchill Generosity 74
Lavishness is not generosity. Thomas Fuller Generosity 74
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Generosity 73
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. Jean De La Bruyere Generosity 71
Of all virtues magnanimity is the rarest; there are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. William Hazlitt Generosity 69
I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. Robert G. Ingersoll Generosity 69
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. Anna Jameson Generosity 66
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Generosity 65
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost. Robert of Doncaste Generosity 64
Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity. Henry Ward Beecher Generosity 63
Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. John Ruskin Generosity 63
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid, ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and talk of it, is little different from reproach. Demosthenes Generosity 60
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives. JeanPaul Sartre Generosity 53
The Return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. Francesco Guicciardini Generosity 52
To generous souls every task is noble. Euripides Generosity 51
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. Percy Bysshe Shelley Generosity 50
Giving is the business of the rich. Johann von Goethe Generosity 46
This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. Harry Belafonte Generosity 43
No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Charles Dudley Warner Generosity 42
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. Kahlil Gibran Generosity 40
I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken. And the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldnt brighten her own. Anonymous Generosity 38
True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law. Oliver Goldsmith Generosity 36
A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. Lord Greville Generosity 32

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