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.


The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes (ed. Harpercollins, 1995)

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.