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 | "As the generation of leaves, so is that of men." | |
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Homer
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| "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." | |
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Horace Mann
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| "GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was
rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by
nature and is taking a bit of a rest." | |
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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| "Lavishness is not generosity." | |
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Thomas Fuller
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| "Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing
it." | |
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Proverb
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| "That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often
becomes the height of wisdom in another." | |
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson
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| "That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often
becomes the height of wisdom in the next." | |
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John Stuart Mill
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| "The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor
or dishonor to the latest generation." | |
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Abraham Lincoln
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| "The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the
whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good
or harm." | |
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Walter Bagehot
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| "The only gift is a portion of thyself ... the poet brings his poem;
the shepherd his lamb...." | |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do
not expect to sit." | |
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Nelson Henderson
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| "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." | |
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General Dwight David Eisenhower
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| "To know when to be generous and when to be firm ? this is
wisdom." | |
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Elbert Hubbard
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| "What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised
ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great
one." | |
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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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| "Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have
the same enemy-- the mother." | |
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Claudette Colbert
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