Francois de La Rochefoucauld Generosity Quotations

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones.

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.