"Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.
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“I love him whose soul is lavish, who wanteth no thanks and doth not give back: for he always bestoweth, and desireth not to keep for himself.”
“A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.”
“What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.”