A Quote by Adam Smith

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Adam Smith

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Adam Smith
Scottish - Economist
June 5, 1723 - July 17, 1790

Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.

Bret Stephens

Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. That's the great Generosity of women and the great generosity of the Creator who worked it out is that there are no unilateral agreements on sexuality.

Leonard Cohen

Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power.

Honore de Balzac

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Otto von Bismarck

Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.

Pope John Paul II

Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

Agnes Repplier

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Samuel Smiles

Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their spirits; it suppresses art; it extinguishes every spark of noble ardor and generosity in the breasts of those who are enslaved by it; it makes naturally strong and great minds feeble and little, and triumphs over the ruins of virtue and humanity.

Jonathan Mayhew

The reclusive man who marries the gregarious woman, the timid woman who marries the courageous man, the idealist who marries the realist we can all see these unions: the marriages in which tenderness meets loyalty, where generosity sweetens moroseness, where a sense of beauty eases some aridity of the spirit, are not so easy for outsiders to recognize; the parties themselves may not be fully aware of such elements in a good match.

Robertson Davies

In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love,' Peters said.

Gregory Peck

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

Guru Nanak

Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity.

Gil Fronsdal

As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.

W. Somerset Maugham

If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.

Richard Rohr

The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.

Irving Stone

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