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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.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. read more
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
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.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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.
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.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community read more
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.