Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion. John Jay Chapman
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus
Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking in less than you need. Kahlil Gibran
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn’t their purpose. Malcolm Forbes
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. Horace Mann
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
That’s what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. Simone de Beauvoir
People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault. Sydney J Harris
Generosity is the flower of justice. Nathaniel Hawthorne