“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) United States long-distance runner
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“Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well timed.”
— Jean de La Bruyère, book Les Caractères
La libéralité consiste moins à donner beaucoup qu'à donner à propos.
Aphorism 47; Variant translation: Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
Les Caractères (1688), Du Coeur
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