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Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.
Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should read more
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
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 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.
