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title: "4 Thing Generosity Quotes by 3 authors"
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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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martial/generosity-during-life-is-a-very-different-thing-from-generosity-in/)

[Martial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martial/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/martial-2684_benevolence_generosity-during-life-is-a-very-differe_82139.png)

> [“Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/why-because-pride-is-a-strange-thing-and-because-generosity-deserves/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [No one is self-sufficient. And it's not a one-way thing- -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/no-one-is-self-sufficient-and-it-s-not-a-one-way-thing-the-generosity/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [“Now, this pair," he waved the shoes he held, "are new. They haven't been walked a mile, and for new shoes like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/now-this-pair-he-waved-the-shoes-he-held-are-new-they-haven-t-been/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/patrick-rothfuss-145_fashion_now-this-pair-he-waved-the-shoes-he-held_3193124.jpg)

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