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Letter "G" » generous
«The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor»
«The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.»
«The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest»
«The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire»
«There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.»
«To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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About:
Generosity,
Mind
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Keywords:
debt,
generous,
gratitude,
heaviest,
repaid,
repay,
repaying,
repays
«To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.»
«To know when to be generous and when firm ? this is wisdom»
«We, the generous and rich in spirit, who stand at the sides of the streets like open fountains and would hinder no one drinking from us. . . .»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
drinking,
fountains,
generous,
hinder,
hindered,
hindering,
rich in,
sides,
The Streets
«We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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About:
Action
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Keywords:
being brave,
brave,
braver,
Braves,
braving,
contrasted,
contrasting,
contrasts,
equal,
generous,
joy,
patchwork,
sin,
sorrow