True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.
A rich man can afford to be generous to many.
Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades ago when they paid a much larger share of their earnings in taxes.
True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.
It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the U.S., quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.