generosity, n.Definitions

Generosity is less about giving a great deal than about gifts well-timed.

Generosity is, among the wealthy, often merely a kind of shyness.

Generosity is enduring tactlessness with mildness.

Generosity is less about giving much than it is about giving at the right moment.

Generosity is most generous when one has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little.

Generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Generosity is, for the most part, only the vanity of giving which we exercise because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

Generosity is only, as a rule, amongst the poor. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.