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Our Generosity Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.
- It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while…
More Our Generosity Quotes
- Our generosity never should exceed our abilities. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the… — Lewis Hyde
- We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. — Eric Hoffer
- The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy. — Alain de Botton
- The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. — Jean-Paul Sartre
- It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts… — Eric Hoffer