"As a rule, only the poor are generous."
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"My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life."
"We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others."
"The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men."
"Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --"
"Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you."
"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."
"The great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves."
"A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused."