Quote by Kahlil Gibran
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less t

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

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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. – Kahlil Gibran

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Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. – Kahlil Gibran

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Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge, and all urge is blind save when there is knowledge, and all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love. – Kahlil Gibran

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It is melancholy to reflect that Mankind has suffered more from ill-judged philanthropy than from calculated malice. The road to Hell is no less harrowing for being paved with good intentions. – Giles St. Aubyn

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It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. – Jean De La Bruyere

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A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. – Lord Greville

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