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Fanny Burney Quotes about Giving

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Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Fanny Burney
Pain, Generosity, Giving
"Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World".

... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.

Fanny Burney
Giving Up, Giving, Way
Fanny Burney (1796). “Camilla: Or, a Picture of Youth”, p.220

I am tired to death! tired of every thing! I would give the universe for a disposition less difficult to please. Yet, after all, what is there to give pleasure? When one has seen one thing, one has seen every thing.

Fanny Burney
Tired, Boredom, Giving
Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.653, Delphi Classics

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