Giving is the
business of the rich.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist |
A generous man
places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he
receives, nearest his heart.
-- Lord Greville
1554-1628, British Poet |
People who think
they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only
fault.
-- Sidney J. Harris
1917-, American Journalist |
Generosity is the
flower of justice.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804-1864, American Novelist,
Short Story Writer
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There is sublime
thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are
his.
-- Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author,
Philosopher |
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
1794-1860, British Essayist |
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
1709-1784, British Author |
How much easier is
it to be generous than just.
-- Junius
1769-1771, Anonymous British
Letter Writer |
