Theodore Parker
Transcendentalist, Minister
"That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving."
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Liberality
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Political Philosopher, Historian
"Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"With wisdom we shall learn liberality."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely."
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"Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality."
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"We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it."
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