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Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.

What will you put in the stocking of the Baby Jesus? screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David's Niven.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

The more he cast away the more he had.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Gifts are hooks.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.