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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.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . read more
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.
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.
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.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just read more
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.
