Benefactors Quote by François De La Rochefoucauld

Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.

— John Milton

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

— Hilaire Belloc

He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he…

— Seneca the Younger

A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought…

— Benjamin Franklin

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

— Georgette Mosbacher

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

— James Boswell

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor

— Dutch Proverb

The one who is truly generous, gives from the goodness of his heart and not to expect some type of repayment or gain.

— Carissa Aydaa

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

— Robert Menzies

“...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be…

— Miguel Cervantes

“It is not true that men never change; they change for the worse, as well as for the better. It is not true they…

— Napoleon Bonaparte