Generous Man Quotes

• I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, Men, People

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.148, Pan Macmillan

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• Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Smart, Men, Giving

  A Miscellany of Men "The Miser and His Friends" (1912)

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• I have never seen a generous man go bankrupt.

  Junaid Jamshed

  Men, Generous

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• Courtesy is doing that which nothing under the sun makes you do but human kindness. Courtesy springs from the heart; if the mind prompts the action, there is a reason; if there be a reason, it is not courtesy, for courtesy has no reason. Courtesy is good will, and good will is prompted by the heart full of love to be kind. Only the generous man is truly courteous. He gives freely without a thought of receiving anything in return.

  B. C. Forbes

  Kindness, Spring, Heart

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• A sober, devout man will interpret 'God's will' soberly and devoutly. A fanatic, with bloodshot mind, will interpret 'God's will' fanatically. Men of extreme, illogical views will interpret 'God's will' in eccentric fashion. Kindly, charitable, generous men will interpret 'God's will' according to their character.

  E. Haldeman-Julius

  Fashion, Character, Men

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• My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course.

  Chic Murray

  Funny, Father, Humor

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• There is no door at which the hand of woman has knocked for admission into a new field of toil but there have been found on the other side the hands of strong and generous men eager to turn it for her, almost before she knocks.

  Olive Schreiner

  Strong, Men, Doors

  Olive Schreiner (1998). “Woman and Labor”, p.116, Courier Corporation

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• There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.

  Cesare Pavese

  Revenge, Men, Leaving

  Cesare Pavese (1961). “This Business of Living: Diary: 1935-1950”, London : P. Owen

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• A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.

  Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone

  Heart, Men, Feet

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• You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.

  Camille Claudel

  Men, Hatred, Black

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• Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

  Sam Houston

  Men, May, Arms

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• It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.

  Camille Claudel

  Art, Men, Sahara

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• There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.

  Frank Sinatra

  Men, Years, Missing

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• Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims.

  Julian Assange

  Men, Victim, Nurture

  "Why the world needs WikiLeaks". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. July, 2010.

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• Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Men, Hatred, Enemy

  Alexandre Dumas (1981). “The Count of Monte Cristo”

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• Romney is a good, intelligent, extraordinarily generous man who put on a great fight. But he didn't understand the country or the people he sought to lead, and that is why he lost.

  John Podhoretz

  Country, Fighting, Intelligent

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