Honore de Balzac
Novelist
"As a rule, only the poor are generous."
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Generous
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Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model
"I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other."
Lee Friedlander
Photographer
"Photography is a generous medium."
Laozi
Philosopher
"By moderation one can be generous."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Political Philosopher, Historian
"Forgiveness proceeds from a generous soul."
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"My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life."
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"We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others."
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"The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men."
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"Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --"
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"Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you."
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"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."
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"The great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves."
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"A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused."
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