Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Quote

How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on themselves!


Maxims, Characters, and Reflections (2nd ed; 1857)


How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on...

How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on...

How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on...

How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on...