Generosity Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Generosity Giving Inspirational Liberality Love Vanity
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. — Charlotte Lennox Copy Share Image
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some are unwisely liberal, and more delight to give presents than to pay debts. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I remember when being liberal meant being generous with your own money. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The chief characteristics of the [liberal] attitude are human sympathy, a receptivity to change, and a scientific willingness to follow reason rather than faith. — Chester Bowles Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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