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Definition of Generosity
Generosity

Noble birth.

The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.

Liberality in giving; munificence.

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Generosity Quotations

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
Kahlil Gibran

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

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Mohandas Gandhi

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Confucius

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.
Bill Gates

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
Richard Dawkins

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
Jean-Paul Sartre

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert Camus

Generosity Translations

generosity in French is largesse


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