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Results of search for Quote: generosity - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 18 total quotations found.
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
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Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.: Simone de Beauvoir
Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal.: Marya Mannes
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.: Francine Du Plessix Gray
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial; but generally speaking, it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! and unfortunately, there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Results from Classic Quotes:

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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 (1613 - 1680)
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.: Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)

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Results of search for Quote: generosity - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 18 total quotations found.