Quotes About Munificence

when he was ædile, he provided such a number of gladiators, that he entertained the people with three hundred and twenty single combats, and by his great liberality and magnificence in theatrical shows, in processions, and public feastings, he threw into the shade all the attempts that had been made before him, and gained so much upon the people, that every one was eager to find out new offices and new honors for him in return for his munificence.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

When God gives, he holds nothing back.

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He was the kind of person who, if you asked him for one of something, gave you two instead.

We couldn't complete the world or ourselves. We could only live, and look for small graces, and learn to accept the munificence of change.

There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave

God is like the sun at high noon, always giving all he has.

This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind.

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

God dispenses his goodness not with an eyedropper but a fire hydrant. Your heart is a Dixie cup, and his grace is the Mediterranean Sea. You simply can't contain it all. So let it bubble over. Spill out. Pour forth. And enjoy the flood.

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He wouldn't give a duck a drink if he owned Lake Michigan.

The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to imitation. It is as if He has said to the inhabitants of this globe that we call ours, "I have made an earth for man to dwell upon, and I have rendered the starry heavens visible, to teach him science and the arts. He can now provide for his own comfort, and learn from my munificence to all to be kind to each other.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.

For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]