A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
慷慨
Generosity
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
慷慨不是给我比你更需要的东西，而是给我你比我更需要的东西。
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.
我以圣人的希望为指导:在关键的事情上，团结一致;在重要的事情上，多样性;凡事慷慨。
Even after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with A love like that. It lights the whole sky.
即使过了这么久，太阳也从未对大地说：“你欠我的。”看看这样的爱会带来什么——它照亮了整个天空。
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
给予使我们从自己需求的熟悉领域中解放出来，打开我们的心灵，进入被他人需求占据的无法解释的世界。
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
用爱使愤怒的人沉默。仁慈地让这个坏脾气的人闭嘴。慷慨地让守财奴闭嘴。用真理堵住说谎者的嘴。
But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.
但是当你去商店买东西的时候，这是一个冷冰冰、毫无生气的行业，它并不代表你的生命和才华，而是一个金匠的。
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
一支蜡烛可以点燃成千上万支蜡烛，而且蜡烛的寿命不会缩短。幸福不会因为分享而减少。
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
有压倒性的证据表明，一个人的自尊水平越高，他就越有可能尊重、善良和慷慨地对待他人。
What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.
我们所说的慷慨，在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.
不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
通过他人发现整体需要慷慨。如果你意识到自己只是一把小提琴，你可以通过在音乐会上扮演自己的角色向世界敞开心扉。
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
生时的慷慨与死时的慷慨是两码事;一个来自真正的慷慨和仁慈，另一个来自骄傲或恐惧。
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A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.
棉袄即使在夏天也是可以接受的礼物。
The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief.
微笑的罗柏偷了小偷的东西。
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
所谓慷慨，通常只是给予的虚荣;我们享受虚荣心甚于得到的东西。
The generous man pays for nothing so much as what is given him.
慷慨的人付出的比别人给他的多。
Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.
送礼物是一种天赋;要知道一个人想要什么，知道何时以及如何得到它，要充满爱心地把它给予他人。除非一个角色拥有这种天赋，否则没有比接受和给予礼物更容易毁灭的时刻了。
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
不要把给予看作是一种责任，而是一种特权。