كثيرون قدروا على فعل الحكمة، وأكثر منهم قدروا على فعل الدهاء، لكنّ قليلين جداً قدروا على فعل الكرم.

“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.”Alexander Pope — A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published (1807)