His fellow diarist John Evelyn wrote of him: "He was universally belov'd, hospitable, generous, learned in many things, skilled in music, a very greate cherisher of learned men of whom he had the conversation".
Life is very generous with mistakes, just as it's very generous with learning opportunities, love and chance of fulfillment if you choose to take them.
You educate them about the real stuff: what's good, living well, being kind, being generous, sharing, learning to cooperate, learning to collaborate.
It is actually generous to learn how to respond honestly, openly, kindly and at the right time.
The women we meet are hospitable and generous: we learn the landscape of the Gobi in stories told over warm bowls of milk tea.
Yet Aubrey goes on to praise her wit, learning and generous patronage, leaving us with the impression that she was rather splendid.
The proportion of people who agree that "if welfare benefits weren't so generous, people would learn to stand on their own two feet" has increased from 33% in 1987 to 53% in 2008.
I, on the other hand, wary of getting banged in the head again, turned down his generous offer to learn how to surf.
"I'm from a hard school and he's from a generous, giving-type school of learning.
Early on, we agreed to define "learning" indulgently to include a generous amount of supplementary tourism and gourmandizing.
