Quotes about Giving

Generosity is praised as a pleasure for the giver as much as a benefit to the receiver. Edith Wharton described two ways of spreading light, to be “the candle or the mirror that reflects it”, and George Eliot suggested one must be poor to know the luxury of giving. Lord Byron saw joy itself as something that must be shared: “Happiness was born a Twin”.

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“There is no delight in owning anything unshared.”
— Seneca
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“He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.”
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“I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.”
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“He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.”
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