A Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

Benjamin Franklin

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Giving Liberality Much Wisely

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Benjamin Franklin
American - Politician
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You must give if you want to receive. Let the center of your being be one of giving, giving, giving. You can't give too much, and you will discover you cannot give without receiving.

Peace Pilgrim

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

Theodore Parker

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Jean de la Bruyere

You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet. I'm giving you responsibility, I'm giving you a thing that you now have to take care of for, like, a year until it dies, and then I'm giving you sadness and guilt.

Chelsea Cain

A giving which gives only its gift, but in the giving holds itself back and withdraws, such a giving we call sending.

Martin Heidegger

'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

Ambrose Bierce

True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.

Swami Satchidananda

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Jean de la Bruyere

The intention behind our giving and receiving is the most important thing. When the act of giving is joyful, when it is unconditional and from the heart, then the energy behind the giving increases many times over. But if we give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving. If we feel we have lost something through the act of giving, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase.