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“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Oh, if the kind hearts only had fat purses, how much better things would go!” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“There's no generosity without some sacrifice.” Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
“Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all beholders.” Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
“I try not to speak about the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.” Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly
“Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.” Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
“What’s mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.” William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
“You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them—and, that way she missed love.” Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
“Doubtless this persistence was the best course for his own dignity: but pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps thro' fear of being thought to have but little.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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