"What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give."

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Source : Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.112

Charlotte Lennox

#Vanity Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Giving Quotes

“All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times.”
“Facing future I see hope, hope that we will survive, hope that we will prosper, hope that once again we will reap the blessings of this magical land, for without hope I cannot live, remember the past but do not dwell there, face the future where all our hopes stand.”
“Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients.”
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.”

Source : John Grogan (2012). “Marley & Me”, p.251, Hachette UK
“We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.”
“Meaning doesn't lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren't love - the money, the car, the house, the prestige - we are loving things that can't love us back. We are searching for meaning in the meaningless. Money, of itself, means nothing. Material things, of themselves, mean nothing. It's not that they're bad. It's that they're nothing. ("A Return to Love")”
“What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance”
“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.”

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