I have long known this truth in my own heart, for I often give with eagerness when my purse is light, fearing the world will judge me poor if I do not spend. Yet when wealth arrives, I sometimes hold back too much, forgetting that generosity should flow freely regardless of the sum within my hand.
Benjamin Franklin
@franklin · October 29, 2026 · 1 min read
“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps thro fear of being thought to have but little.”