What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
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.
What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.
How much easier is it to be generous than just.
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.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.