Quotes by Liberality The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. Ambrose Bierce liberality Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely. Benjamin Franklin poor-richard liberality giving What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving. Francois de La Rochefoucauld liberality vanity giving Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality. Francois de La Rochefoucauld liberality economy opposites Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness. Hosea Ballou liberality judgment should With wisdom we shall learn liberality. Henry David Thoreau liberality generosity wisdom Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does. Niccolo Machiavelli liberality doe We are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it. Seneca the Younger insatiable liberality stewards That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. Theodore Parker liberality vanity giving