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This is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1884, pt. 2.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 2.

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The sage does not accumulate for himself.
The more he uses for others, the more he has himself.
The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own.
The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 81.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 81.

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I am not in the giving vein today.

William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare, William. Richard III. London: Andrew Wise, 1597, act 4, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Third." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

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Friends share all things.

Pythagoras

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 10.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 10.

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You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Apostle Paul

Acts 20:35

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The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Acts 20:35).

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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

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The greatest gift you will ever give is your honest self.

Fred Rogers

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 81.

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I'll give you anything you ask for—as long as it's not something I don't want to give.

Love Actually

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Love Actually. Directed by Richard Curtis, Working Title Films/StudioCanal/DNA Films, 2003.

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God loveth a cheerful giver.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 9:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 9:7).

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Generosity is the essence of friendship.

Oscar Wilde

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Devoted Friend." The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London: Duckworth and Co., 1888.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Devoted Friend." Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction, edited by Ian Small. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

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Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1852, issue 3, ch. 8.

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Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

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The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end, generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

Desmond Tutu

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Tutu, Desmond and Tenzin Gyatso and Dalai Lama XIV. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Cornerstone Publishers, 2016.

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Be just before you're generous.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The School for Scandal

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Performed by John Palmer, Frances Abington, William 'Gentleman' Smith, and Jane Pope. 1777, Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Dover Publications, 1991, act 4, sc. 1.

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Generosity truly is the best investment.

Diane von Furstenberg

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Von Furstenberg, Diane. "Diane von Furstenberg Talks 6th Annual DVF Awards." Good Morning America, 9 Mar. 2015.

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Usually the people who are the most generous are the people who have the least to give. I learned this first hand as a newspaper carrier when I was 12 years old. The biggest tips came from the poorest people.