It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive.


Friend Ed to Joe Saul in Act Three, Scene I: The Sea - Burning Bright (1950)

John Steinbeck Quotes

It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive.

It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive.

It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive.

It is so easy a thing to give—only great men have the courage and courtesy and, yes, the generosity to receive.