Good-natured people

The good-natured have acquired their character from the constant dread of foreign encroachments in which their ancestors lived;- who were in the habit of mitigating, appeasing, apologizing, preventing, diverting, flattering, humbling themselves, concealing both grief and anger, smoothing their features, – and ultimately bequeathed this whole delicate and successful mechanism to their children and grandchildren. These, thanks to a more propitious fate, had no occasion for that permanent dread: nevertheless they continue in the same groove.

The dawn of day by Friedrich Nietzsche 

Generosity quote

Beware the good hearted,tender people who give because they know not what their generosity will cost.

The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo

Generosity quote