Quote by Joseph Addison
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which ha

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. – Joseph Addison

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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. – Joseph Addison

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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. – Joseph Addison

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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. – Joseph Addison

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. – Walter Benjamin

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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. – Chinese Proverb

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Nature does not give to those who will not spend… – R.J. Baughan

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